Hi Greg, I have one, a DEC Alpha PC164LX server, running CentOS Linux...
Mike --- Greg Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. 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