yikes, the more I learn of these machines, the dumber I feel ;-)
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi :) > Yes, imagine you had a tube 64cm wide. Now you can roll balls down it > that are 64cm wide AND balls that are only 32cm wide. The hardware allows > 64bit so 32bit is easy. > > The problem arises if some piece of software is picky about who it deals > with. If a 64bit program refuses to acknowledge there might be 32bit > chunks to deal with then there are going to be problems. The hardware has > no problems with getting chunks of either size. > > If you choose to run a 32bit OS on a 64bit machine then 'obviously' you > can't run 64bit apps on it. The 32bit OS would be like putting a 32cm tube > inside the 64cm hardware tube. > > Programs run inside the OS. The OS runs inside the hardware. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > From: anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1 > To: "Dan" <elderdanle...@gmail.com> > Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org, "Tom" <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> > Date: Thursday, 30 August, 2012, 22:47 > > so I'm using both 32 & 64 on this machine ??? > > ok, I believe you; > now just another question - > could this be the reason for so many bugs? - > [seems as if this list has been listing quite a few > recently, some I've never even seen ???] > > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Dan > <elderdanle...@gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=elderdanle...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > I believe that Tom and I were talking about LibreOffice on Windows. I > have a 64 bit computer which had VISTA running until I replace that with > Ubuntu. But LO does not have a 64 bit LO version which I thought was the > train of thought. > > --Dan > > anne-ology wrote: > > You've been mis-informed - WIN does have 64. > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Dan > <elderdanle...@gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=elderdanle...@gmail.com>wrote: > > As far as I know, only Windows does not have a 64 bit version. > Linux has 64 bit version for both DEB and RPM. The following is the > folder containing the installation files for LO 3.6.1.2 The Java I use > is also 64 bit that I get from the Ubuntu Repository (OpenJDK Java 6) > with all the patches. > > LibO_3.6.1.2_Linux_x86-64___**install-deb_en-US > > > --Dan > > > Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > LibreOffice doesn't have a 64bit version and allegedly needs java > to be 32 bit too. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > From: Peter Hillier-Brook > <p...@hbsys.plus.com<http://mc/compose?to=p...@hbsys.plus.com> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1 > To: > users@global.libreoffice.org<http://mc/compose?to=users@global.libreoffice.org><mailto: > users@global.**libreoffice.org<http://mc/compose?to=users@global.libreoffice.org> > > > > Date: Wednesday, 29 August, 2012, 22:05 > > On 29/08/12 18:50, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) Errr, on the 64bit Ubuntu is the java also 64bit? If it > is > then can you try installing a 32 bit version of 1.6_32? LO > can be > told which version of java to use so it might work Tools - > Options - > Java Regards from Tom :) > > > That sounds like Windows solution! :-) > > Peter HB > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
