On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:41:14 PM MST Przemek Klosowski via devel wrote: > On 9/10/19 7:55 AM, vvs vvs wrote: > > > Did I? I thought that I've said that I'm using x86_64 kernel right now and > > that I have my memory stretched to the limits already. > > > > > > > But yes, I've experimented with x86_64 userland some time ago, I don't > > remember exact numbers but I think that I've lost 100-200 MB of memory. > > And I have not much time to experiment every time something have > > changed. > > > > > > > You are right that I can reduce memory footprint by carefully tuning my > > system. But that's what I've already did and Fedora breaks it just too > > often. I'm used to work without GNOME on my other computer that have only > > 32-bit CPU. But it started to be very painful to upgrade to newer Fedora > > releases. So, when I've got 64-bit computer I've just went with the flow > > and don't customize parts I'm not really interested in. I want to spend > > on it as little time as possible. Going for my own Linux from scratch is > > just not viable. > > Wait---so you are using 32-bit Gnome on a 64-bit capable CPU running > 64-bit kernel? If the reason is to save 200MB of memory, you should > definitely try one of the memory-thrifty desktop environments like xfce. > > You also said that you're running a memory-hungry non-Fedora > application, which you presumably compile yourself. > > Therefore, it looks to me that you should try a 64-bit Fedora with a > memory-saving xfce, install a 32-bit GCC toolchain and compile your app > in 32-bit mode.
Compiling his app as 32 bit would require 32 bit repositories for the libraries he plans on linking. - - John Harris _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
