Re: 32 or 64 bit?

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just curious, what are you using your 64-bit Linux Power Systems server for?

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/


On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  I have had nothing but success running Linux on a 64-bit Power Systems
> server :-)
>
>
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> On 11/25/09 2:50 PM, "Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Currently I am running the 32 bit Ubuntu distro on my desktops and laptop
> with the exception of my wife's laptop which is running 64bit Ubuntu.  I am
> looking to move to 64bit Ubuntu because I want to go to 8GB of memory so I
> don't have to run so close to "full" on my memory when running VirtualBox.
> I have been runnging Virtualbox with roughtly 700MB of space, but would like
> to give it 2GB for the times in RDi where it uses a lot of memory.
>
> Are others using 64bit Linux and having success running their different
> applications? (i.e. I had issues initially running RPGNextGen on my wife's
> laptop, though I don't remember if I resolved that).
>
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
> http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/
>
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