[opensuse] 32 or 64 bit?

Bob Williams

30 Jun 2007 30 Jun '07

15:12

ATM I am running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, but I notice that some programs, outside the standard repository tree, are only supplied for 32bit OS. Will I be able to install and run these apps? If not, how do I force the openSUSE installation to allow me to install a 32bit OS? I only have 2G RAM, so no real need for 64bit. -- Bob openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, Kernel 2.6.18.8-0.3, KDE 3.5.6 r31.4 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Andreas Jaeger

30 Jun 30 Jun

15:20

Bob Williams writes:

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ATM I am running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, but I notice that some programs, outside the standard repository tree, are only supplied for 32bit OS.

Will I be able to install and run these apps?

Yes, you will. the 32bit packages supplied allow you to run all 32-bit programs. Just install e.g. the 32-bit firefox and YaST will install the needed 32-bit packages.

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If not, how do I force the openSUSE installation to allow me to install a 32bit OS? I only have 2G RAM, so no real need for 64bit.

64-bit might help even with smaller RAM - the CPU has extra registers that allow some speed up... Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform/openSUSE, aj@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

Bob Williams

16:50

On Saturday 30 June 2007 16:20:21 Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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Bob Williams writes:

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ATM I am running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, but I notice that some programs, outside the standard repository tree, are only supplied for 32bit OS.

Will I be able to install and run these apps?

Yes, you will. the 32bit packages supplied allow you to run all 32-bit programs. Just install e.g. the 32-bit firefox and YaST will install the needed 32-bit packages.

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If not, how do I force the openSUSE installation to allow me to install a 32bit OS? I only have 2G RAM, so no real need for 64bit.

64-bit might help even with smaller RAM - the CPU has extra registers that allow some speed up...

Andreas

Many thanks, Andreas. -- Bob openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, Kernel 2.6.18.8-0.3, KDE 3.5.6 r31.4 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

James Knott

17:36

Bob Williams wrote:

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ATM I am running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, but I notice that some programs, outside the standard repository tree, are only supplied for 32bit OS.

Will I be able to install and run these apps?

If not, how do I force the openSUSE installation to allow me to install a 32bit OS? I only have 2G RAM, so no real need for 64bit.

You can run both 32 and 64 bit apps with 64 bit SUSE. The only issue I'm aware of is a lack of plugins for 64 bit browsers. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

joe

18:07

Bob Williams wrote:

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ATM I am running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, but I notice that some programs, outside the standard repository tree, are only supplied for 32bit OS.

Will I be able to install and run these apps?

If not, how do I force the openSUSE installation to allow me to install a 32bit OS? I only have 2G RAM, so no real need for 64bit.

64-bit support is coming along, but AFAICT the support for e.e. multimedia apps is a tad better on 32-bit systems. On my 32-bit 10.2 desktop systems, all the multimedia stuff works (well, at least after a trip to the appropriate repos) - movies on dvd, avi files. google or youtube or quicktime videos, etc. But on my 64-bit 10.2 desktop system, there are little annoyances with multimedia stuff - some of the movies don't play, I hear chipmunks or silence on some audio streams etc. OTOH stuff like the beryl desktop scream on my 64-bit desktop, and games like q3 or ut2004 work like a charm. For the most part, today, I'd say 32-bit for workstations, and 64-bit for servers gives me the results closest to what I want. At the first splash screen of the install, you hit the F6 key (IIRC) to toggle between 32-bit or 64-bit install. Once you're past that point it's too late to change. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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