On Wed, 05 May 2010 08:56:48 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/05/2010 08:49 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 05 May 2010 09:42:03 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: >> >>> right tools for the job, I never ever thought about putting 64bit os >>> on my netbook - it physically limited to 2G of memory >> >> 64-bits kernels are not only intended for systems with tons of ram. >> Those kernels usually have enabled the "nx bit" and AFAIK, only 32 bits >> PAE kernels enable such feature. >> >> BTW, my Shuttle box has also a ram limitation of 2 GiB (and currently >> using only 1 GiB) but has installed "amd64". It runs fine, without >> noticeable drawbacks. >> >> > The question, though, is: "What -- beyond geekness -- is the *benefit* > of amd64 in 'low' RAM systems?"
I searched Google for "nx bit feature geekiness" but no successful results :-) Beyond that, all my systems run 64-bits kernels/apps so is a *matter of convenience* to have all of them sharing the same packages. In my case, using a 32-bits system is a waste of time and resources. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.05.14.19...@gmail.com
