Re: [arch-general] Converting to 64

On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 20:33 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Hilton Medeiros wrote:

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Arch's competent Linux users should know that there is no way to magically convert i686 binaries to x86_64, right guys? I know you are just joking. ;)

No I didn't know that really. If I'm an arch user should that imply that I know anything and everything about Linux LOL ? Its like, if you're a cook, then it implies that you can make any sort of food, be it american, european, asian, etc. ?!?!

No, if you're an arch user it implies you'd have already done some searching and come across the threads about converting which explicitly tell you that all binaries/libs (basically packages) need to be reinstalled, and all you can keep are most of your configuration files. And at 1 GB RAM it'll probably run slower. 64-bit binaries are larger in memory than 32-bit (its not double the size, but they ARE bigger). Depends on what exactly you run of course, once you start hitting swap you'll need a cup of coffee to get anything done.