[olug] 64bit Redhat/SuSE

[Will Langford]

If it's native to the processor, then it should be compiled as such :)
 -Will

 On 11/3/05, Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us> wrote:
>
> Under the commercial unices it's not uncommon to run a 64-bit kernel
> with a 32-bit userland, and only use 64-bit binaries for things that
> need it - ie Oracle. Solaris was like that through Solaris 9, the last
> release to support 32-bit SPARCs.
>
> More distributions need to do the same.
>
> Honestly, do Firefox, Thunderbird, KDE, GNOME, the GIMP, etc etc
> *really* *need* to be 64-bit?
>
> Bill Brush wrote:
> > Honestly our resident Linux uber-geek has played with 64 bit versions
> > and he's found a lot of things that don't have 64 bit versions, or
> > don't run under the 64 bit libraries. Unless you need the extra
> > memory space, or have something that is written for it, I think
> > you're still ahead to use the 32 bit versions.
>
> --
>
> Phil Brutsche
> phil at brutsche.us
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