On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:40 PM, N Z <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > I had to get a new computer for my CNC hobby and since I will be using the > new machine also for other tasks i bought i relatively high spec (at least > for me :-)) machine:
> Thanks for helping me out here as I am still a bit "green behind the ears" > with linux in general. > > Also if you see any obvious reason why i shouldn't be doing this at all, > please let me know :-) > as i have not put so much thought into this. > > Thanks > Nik The most obvious reason not to do this is that the 32 bit version of EMC will work fine. Just install a dual boot system. My desktop is set up that way, it will boot into EMC if I ask it to. The latency is very good. I assume that someday there will be a 64 bit version of EMC, but it is a non-trivial task to build a real-time kernel that is stable. And that is true for people that have done it a number of times. So for someone that is new to linux, it may not work out well at all. To be perfectly honest about it, I don't think having a 64 bit version of Ubuntu has been worth it just to allow it to use more memory. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gaining the trust of online customers is vital for the success of any company that requires sensitive data to be transmitted over the Web. Learn how to best implement a security strategy that keeps consumers' information secure and instills the confidence they need to proceed with transactions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
