I just installed gentoo on a 500Mhz ultrasparc II box.. that count? ;) Jason
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:09:38AM -0400, Greg Brown wrote: > What ever happened to my Digital Unix box running on 64 bit Alpha chips? > And that was 1995 or 1996. One would think we would be further down the 64 > bit path by this point. > > On 8/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Jim, > > > >Same issues here with x64 as well. What a shame. I'll be content once > >x64 Linux is a little more mainstream (and less buggy). > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of Jim Ray > >Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:38 PM > >To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > >Subject: Re: [TriLUG] AMD vs. Intel > > > >yes, really. not that anyone cares to discuss winders in this group; > >however, symantec antivirus corporate edition as well as winder's own > >WSUS puke hard with 64 bit Windows 2003 Server. > > > >from a server point of view, that's a show stopper and very specific. > >WinXP64 is not a server OS. i'll defer judgement on 64 bit desktops to > >others since the majority of my customers have 32 bit hardware and don't > >care. > > > >all the best for a happy and safe move to NY just the same, though. > > > >Regards, > > > >Jim > > > >Jim Ray, President > >Neuse River Networks > >2610 Vanderbilt Ave. > >Raleigh, NC 27607-7247 > > > >tel: 919-838-1672 > >cell: 919-606-1772 > >http://www.Neuse.Net > > > >Connecting You to the World since 1997 > > > >Matthew Lavigne wrote: > >> Really? I have only seen that basically anything that runs as a > >> service looks for 64 bit and then dies (namely Antivirus). In my old > >> shop (yes, it is not mine anymore) we installed and ran everything as > >> 32 bit with the exception of antivirus. In the course of 24 months we > > > >> have never had a conflict where an application acted badly other then > >> trying to install again a 32 bit antivirus on WinXP64. > >> > >> A little more qualification would be nice rather then generalizations, > > > >> especially if you have some known bad applications. > >> > >> Personally I have found very little that would force me to 64 bit > >> Windows though the workstation that I have (along with the 6GB of > >> system memory) would drive me to. It is not difficult to use the /PAE > > > >> switch or several others to push the memory limits around (especially > >> if you have Xeon CPUs). > >> > >> This box isn't linux yet cause there is too much that I need to > >> convert to a vmware image before I move it over... > >> > >> Matthew Lavigne > >> Preparing to move to NY.... > >> > >> > >> > >> Quoting Jim Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>> Winders has 64 bit versions. I don't use them because too many apps > >>> are broken. > >>> > >>> Jim Ray, President > >>> Neuse River Networks > >>> > >>> tel: 919-838-1672 > >>> http://www.Neuse.Net > >>> > >>> Connecting You to the World since 1997 > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Brown > >>>> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:10 AM > >>>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > >>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] AMD vs. Intel > >>>> > >>>> You bring up an interesting point. My neighbor just purchased a new > > > >>>> laptop > >>>> that has a 64 bit processor. Can XPee Home even take > >>>> advantage of a 64 bit > >>>> processor? > >>>> > >>>> She's already fed up with the anti-virus she is using and has > >>>> already asked about Linux (after hearing me yap about it for years > >>>> now). Hopefully she'll pull the trigger and I can intall Ubuntu as > >>>> a social expirement. I'd really like to see how well a seriously > >>>> non-techincal person manages with Ubuntu. > >>>> > >>>> On 7/28/06, Kevin Flanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> > That would have to fall in the "that depends" category. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > What would you be doing with the system, for a laptop, I > >>>> see that HP > >>>> > now has a Turion 64Bit laptop, interesting if you could > >>>> take advantage > >>>> > of the processor. > >>>> > > >>>> > If you are using much CPU to Memory transfer intensive > >>>> applications, > >>>> > then AMD has the edge, otherwise I don't think that it > >>>> matters as much. > >>>> > > >>>> > What about the other stuff, that says more in many cases. > >>>> > > >>>> > What disks are available, SATA, or PATA, or SCSI? > >>>> > What Video subsystem suits your needs best? > >>>> > How much RAM can you get for the system in question? > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > As usual, there's a lot more to the "best" answer, > >>>> generally I think > >>>> > that if you get a top tier system now it's likely enough for 95% > >>>> > or more of folks, unless you're just that kind of geek who > >>>> needs to spec > >>>> > out every last detail. > >>>> > > >>>> > Then there's cost..... > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > Kevin > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > Greg Brown wrote: > >>>> > > It was not long ago at all, just last year, that the prevailing > >>>> > > opinion of those on Trilug seemed to be that AMD was > >>>> leading the way > >>>> > > for chip > >>>> > design > >>>> > > for the foreseeable future. With Intel's latest announcements, > >>>> > > along with the Core Duo, I was wondering what the > >>>> consensus opinion > >>>> > > was these days. > >>>> > > > >>>> > > If you were going to build a linux desktop or laptop what > >>>> processor > >>>> > would > >>>> > > you pick? Intel, AMD, or something else? > >>>> > > > >>>> > > 3.... 2..... 1..... 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