-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2012-06-25 22:18, Istvan Gabor wrote:
1. It is necessary to switch 64 bit opensuse to use 8 GB RAM? My 32 bit system sees 8 GB RAM (in kinfocenter); kernel 2.6.31.14-0.8-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-04-16 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux.
Not absolutely necessary. That extra memory is used by maping tricks, which takes time. A single process can not use over 4 GiB; actually about 3, part belongs to the kernel. So there are advantages when using a 64 bit software. Consider 64 bit cpu as a larger car, not as a faster car. It can move more data at the same time on the same road, but the movement itself is the same "speed". You notice the advantage on some processes that work on "larger" data. Some multimedia conversions, for example. I have seen some programs double their use of ram when converted to 64 bit, because the variables were not correctly specified. Should not happen. I'm using 64 bit oS. I have had no problems. I still have some 32 bit apps that run fine in it. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/oy10ACgkQIvFNjefEBxpKYQCeMNZAYj+5SepZ76EOt3xLbBef VJMAnj/UO9KHAUOKtye3+/DocrCB4kU4 =BBbt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org