Fedora and RHEL 64-bit work well and run pretty much all
the standard programs (CCP4/Coot/Phenix/CNS/SHELX). By
installing the relevant 32-bit libraries you can also run
older programs if need be.
On a related note, XtalView will work on Fedora/RHEL if
you install/compile the appropriate XView library files.
For more info, check out:
http://www.physionet.org/physiotools/xview/
Hope that helps,
Kip
On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 17:01:30 -0400
David Schuller <dj...@cornell.edu> wrote:
We have been using 64 bit Linux for several years. I'm
not aware of any lingering issues with the 64 bit-ness.
Linux is always sprinkling in a few new bugs, but I
don't know of any current issues with 32 bit vs. 64 bit.
On 04/03/12 15:57, 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: rrowl...@colgate.edu
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