Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-27 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 04:27:10AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was true, dealt with in IceTea according to this: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/ThomasFitzsimmons Thank you. This was extremely helpful! -- Oh, look: rocks! -- Doctor Who, Destiny of the Daleks --

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-24 Thread seeker5528
-- Original message -- From: Todd A. Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 03:09:23AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: For Java, icedtea-gcjwebplugin is in main. (Sun Java is not packaged but this free one is pretty good) The last time I checked,

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-22 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 07:05:19AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: If I'm hearing folks correctly, is 32-bit flash running out of the box on 64-bit lenny now? If it's not running out of the box, could someone please post a link to a HOWTO? Thanks! apt-get install nspluginwrapper apt-get

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-22 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 03:09:23AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: For Java, icedtea-gcjwebplugin is in main. (Sun Java is not packaged but this free one is pretty good) The last time I checked, gcjwebplugin kept carping about being insecure and sandboxing being incomplete. Is this really any more

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-18 Thread Bill Wohler
kj [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At work I'm starting to push the limits of my RAM with MySQL/InnoDB on my workstation (I do dev/testing on my workstation). I have 64bit hardware, capable of taking 8gb memory. I know what you mean. I recently bumped my machine up to 12 GB and it's already full.

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 08:52:36PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: kj [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] If I'm hearing folks correctly, is 32-bit flash running out of the box on 64-bit lenny now? If it's not running out of the box, could someone please post a link to a HOWTO? Thanks! apt-get

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-18 Thread Jos Collin
This should work for 64-bit. http://www.fsckin.com/2007/09/20/how-to-install-adobe-flash-player-for-amd64-64-bit-on-debian-etch/ - Jos Collin On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Alex Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 08:52:36PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: kj [EMAIL

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-18 Thread Jos Collin
This should work for 64-bit. http://www.fsckin.com/2007/09/20/how-to-install-adobe-flash-player-for-amd64-64-bit-on-debian-etch/ - Jos Collin On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Alex Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 08:52:36PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: kj [EMAIL

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-12 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 03:47:41PM +0100, kj wrote: Is this move viable or should I rather invest in a second box (won't come for free). I don't want to mess around with 32bit chroots - did that before and I didn't like it one bit. I have 64-bit Debian on 2 PC's and Ubuntu-64-bit on a

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-12 Thread Aniruddha
On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 15:47 +0100, kj wrote: Hi guys, At work I'm starting to push the limits of my RAM with MySQL/InnoDB on my workstation (I do dev/testing on my workstation). I have 64bit hardware, capable of taking 8gb memory. What I'm worried about is the tools I use. In

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-12 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:25:26AM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: How much memory do you have? 32-bit Linux support up to 64 GB of memory and 32 processors. Only if you use a PAE-enabled kernel. In my experience it is better to use 64-bit when you have memory 4G. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-12 Thread kj
Thanks for all the replies. With regards to the chroot, I tried this a few years ago when the chroot idea just came about. It was kinda messy then but don't ask me the details. It looks like things are more viable now, I'll give it a go. Just need to order another drive first. Aniruddha

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-12 Thread s. keeling
s. keeling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: kj [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi guys, Not to mention other people? :-| At work I'm starting to push the limits of my RAM with MySQL/InnoDB on my workstation (I do dev/testing on my workstation). I have 64bit hardware, capable of taking 8gb memory.

State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-11 Thread kj
Hi guys, At work I'm starting to push the limits of my RAM with MySQL/InnoDB on my workstation (I do dev/testing on my workstation). I have 64bit hardware, capable of taking 8gb memory. What I'm worried about is the tools I use. In particular, I need a browser with all the usual suspects

RE: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-11 Thread Stackpole, Chris
From: kj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: State of 64bit desktop Hi guys, At work I'm starting to push the limits of my RAM with MySQL/InnoDB on my workstation (I do dev/testing on my workstation). I have 64bit hardware, capable of taking 8gb memory. What I'm worried about

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-11 Thread Shachar Or
On Monday 11 August 2008 17:47, kj wrote: Hi guys, At work I'm starting to push the limits of my RAM with MySQL/InnoDB on my workstation (I do dev/testing on my workstation). I have 64bit hardware, capable of taking 8gb memory. What I'm worried about is the tools I use. In particular, I

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-11 Thread elijah r.
What I'm worried about is the tools I use. In particular, I need a browser with all the usual suspects working properly: flash and java (unfortunately some of the tools I need to use at work are written in these abominable languages). Does anyone do heavy java and flash usage under 64bit

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-11 Thread Jochen Schulz
kj: What I'm worried about is the tools I use. In particular, I need a browser with all the usual suspects working properly: flash and java (unfortunately some of the tools I need to use at work are written in these abominable languages). Does anyone do heavy java and flash usage

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 03:47:41PM +0100, kj wrote: Hi guys, At work I'm starting to push the limits of my RAM with MySQL/InnoDB on my workstation (I do dev/testing on my workstation). I have 64bit hardware, capable of taking 8gb memory. best place to ask is the amd64 mailing list

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-11 Thread s. keeling
kj [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi guys, Not to mention other people? :-| At work I'm starting to push the limits of my RAM with MySQL/InnoDB on my workstation (I do dev/testing on my workstation). I have 64bit hardware, capable of taking 8gb memory. What I'm worried about is the tools I