On 2010-03-15 09:44, Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
I am not an expert on this; but if it's a 64-bit processor, you probably
want amd64 unless it's an Itanium, in which case you want ia64. Look
through the literature to see if your processor has EM64T support. If it
does, you want amd64. See http://www.debian.org/ports/ for more information.
i386 will probably also work, but if you have more than 4G of RAM you will not
be able to exploit it to maximum effect unless you are running a 64-bit port.
I am currently running i386 with 8gb of RAM using the -bigmem kernel.
As I understand, each process becomes limited by 3GB or so of RAM. I
can't really comprehend why any *desktop* user would need/want 64bit
at this time. Although, 64bit doesn't have the java and flash issues
it had not long ago, I would not be surprised if there is still some
hassle involved.
jor...@pc-tesla ~ $ uname -r
2.6.26-2-686-bigmem
jor...@pc-tesla ~ $ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 8118 6335 1783 0 386 3534
-/+ buffers/cache: 2415 5703
Swap: 4102 0 4101
Because of the way that AMD designed the specification, it's
possible to install a 64-bit kernel onto a 32-bit system.
That way, you have more efficient use of your RAM. Besides, it's
cool, especially to hack a combo of the 32- and 64-bit nvidia
drivers and have it work perfectly!
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Jefferson LA USA
"If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given
us arms." Mike Ditka
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