Whatever you do, make sure you have enough bottled water before the next doomsday:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem I am using 64-bit linux almost exclusively for some time now. "XRD software" works fine, no lingering issues that I can report. ia32-libs do the trick for 32-bit binaries. On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 15:57 -0400, Roger Rowlett wrote: > The time has come for me to upgrade my Linux OS to something more recent > for me and my student workstations. A 32-bit distro is certainly > conservative and compatible with CCP4 and Coot, but it seems like that > solution hobbles my hardware and puts some limitations on available > memory, even with PAE enabled. So who is using a 64-bit distro these > days, and are there lingering issues of compatibility and dependency > hell with commonly used XRD software, like CCP4, Coot, iMOSFLM etc.? > > Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (beta) actually works OK with one simple workaround for > the global menu for CCP4 and Coot, and wine compatibility is fine for > running CrysalisPro in the same environment, so it's really comes down > to whether or not the extra performance of a 64-bit OS is worth the pain > of compatibility issues for XRD software. Any thoughts? > > Cheers, > > _______________________________________ > Roger S. Rowlett > Gordon & Dorothy Kline Professor > Department of Chemistry > Colgate University > 13 Oak Drive > Hamilton, NY 13346 > > tel: (315)-228-7245 > ofc: (315)-228-7395 > fax: (315)-228-7935 > email: [email protected] -- Oh, suddenly throwing a giraffe into a volcano to make water is crazy? Julian, King of Lemurs
