17 Jun
2009
17 Jun
'09
4:19 p.m.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Mark Knecht<markknecht(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:01 AM, alex
stone<compose59(a)gmail.com> wrote:
|As do i Mark. i meant i don't understand why we should pursue 32bit
as a continued option if, where possible, apps can be written for
64bit by default.
Just my view.
Alex.
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Mark
Knecht<markknecht(a)gmail.com> wrote:
What do you mean by 'native' 64-bit?
I run 64-bit Gentoo with all apps built as 64-bit. Have for 4-5 years now.
- Mark
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Atte Andre
Jensen<atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Mark, even better would be native 64bit across the board.
Alex.
Mark Knecht wrote:
>
> Seems that this thread's energy got shorted out somewhere.
>
> Too bad. Fun read.
Something good came out of it, however; I'm now running arch (instead of
ubuntu) and loving it.
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Is that arch, as in Arch Linux, and not arch as in ~arch on Gentoo? I
read your web page and feel disappointed that the Gentoo install still
either frustrates or scares off so many people, but it sounds like you
made a good decision. I hear good things about Arch.
WRT to the original audio distribution proposal I want to throw out an
idea that Linus and some of the other high-end kernel developers have
been discussing on the LKML, and it rings true as possibly important
for folks like us doing audio work. The comment was that distribution
packagers haven't accepted the idea of providing a 64-bit kernel with
a 32-bit tool set. The idea, as I understand it, is that with a 64-bit
kernel you get the potential advantages of using all the features of
your newer 64-bit processor - newer hardware flags, more memory. On
the other hand 32-bit apps might work better in virtualized
environments and, in my experience, would provide more backward
compatibility with older audio and Windows stuff. Linus and others
seem to think it's a a good thing to do, but no one is doing it yet.
I'm not qualified to say what's good or bad about it.
Just an idea about how this could lead somewhere different, if enough
people thought it important enough to actually undertake.
Cheers,
Mark
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