[luau] x86-64 Support Status in Linux

MonMotha monmotha at indy.rr.com
Tue May 14 14:29:40 PDT 2002


I like the idea of the x86 compatibility since almost all my stuff is 
x86 (I do have a single Sparc, but it's an old 32 bit 40MHz SparcStation 
IPX).  If only I had a slowlaris liscense for it I could use it with 
it's native OS.

--MonMotha

Dustin Cross wrote:
> If you are just interested in playing with 64-bit and SMP, you can get a
> used Sun Ultra II with dual 64-bit 300Mhz procesors now.  It's not a speed
> deamon, but they are around $600 on e-bay.  And STABLE!!!  Sun hardware is
> great.  I am running SuSE 7.3 on mine.
> 
> Dusty
> 
> 
> 
>>Basically the Geek factor, and I've long wanted to play around with 64
>>bit archetectures and SMP.  I have an SMP Athlon MP (palomino core) to
>>play with, but basically the geek factor.  That and some of my stuff is
>> due for an upgrade anyway (I really need to make a dedicated 'doze box
>> for gaming and then give the linux box the ungodly amount of proc
>>power  since I do a lot of stuff).  I could go with a Clawhammer, but
>>from what  I am reading, that is single proc only.
>>
>>I also, being the student I am, want to try to get some hands-on
>>experience with this as it comes out so that I don't have to play
>>catch-up later on.  Similar to my being on IPv6.  I have absolutely no
>>real reason (I still use IPv4 for a lot of things), but I kinda want to
>> ride the wave in so that by the time it becomes popular, I already
>>know  my way around.
>>
>>--MonMotha
>>
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