Re: [libreoffice-users] Win64: Scribus too... :-)

Hi :)  

Are Cpu cycles to do with multi-core/multi-cpu?  If so it's presumably possible for 32bit apps to 
take advantage.  I think it's just a fluke that most of us think that 64bit machines tend to have 
more than 1 cpu/core and 32bit ones don't.  Both technologies became well known around the same 
time.  


Apparently the 4Gb Ram limit is a limit of the OS, not the apps.  If the OS can read/write to more 
ram then i don't think the apps would be restricted.  Apparently OSes that are 32bit could read 
more Ram with a different kernel module.  With Gnu&Linux it's possible to swap-in the different 
module and i kept being  told that "it's really easy".  Something like the pae-something module.  


Ram is used more efficiently by OpenSource programs, especially when using quite a few at the same 
time.  My whole system is OpenSource apart from a few fonts and a couple of codecs and i seldom 
need even 1Gb.  Movies and even fairly hefty games seem quite happy.  I figure that if bits of my 
ram detiorate over time then i could always swap the sticks around to use the ones that aren't 
getting used at the moment.  

If it feels like LO/OO are bumping into ram issues then it's more likely to be the limits you set 
(or the default ones) in

Tools - Options - Memory


If you imagine wires or cables as lanes on a motorway then double the number of lanes can carry 
double the number of cars.  It's just that you don't always need to have that many cars on a 
section of motorway.  
Regards from

Tom :)  






> ________________________________
> From: Mas <tier3support@gmail.com>
> To: 
> Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
> Sent: Sunday, 4 November 2012, 5:03
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Win64: Scribus too... :-)
>
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 11/03/2012 05:14 PM, VA wrote:
> >
> > > Okay, I'll betray my ignorance. What would be the difference or advantage
> > > of running a 64 bit LibO vs. a 32 bit LibO?
> > >
> > > Virgil
> > IMHO, the practical difference is nil for a typical office use. Some large
> > databases will require 64 bit because 32 bit is limited to 4 GB.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message----- From: James Knott
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 4:53 PM
> > > To: LibreOffice
> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Win64: Scribus too... :-)
> > >
> > > rost52 wrote:
> > >
> > > > How many LibO user are having wn64 machines? Or better what is the
> > > > percentage of win64 users in the LibO community?
> > >
> > > I'm a Linux user, 64 bits of course, but I have one, 1, count 'em, one
> > > computer that has 64 bit Windows 7 on it.  Then again, there have been
> > > 64 bit versions of Linux going back 17 - 18 years and I was running 64
> > > bit Linux for over 5 years, before I had 64 bit Windows.
> >
> > --
> > Jay Lozier
> > jslozier@gmail.com
> Since Libreoffice is a Office product . I don't believe you will see a big
> differential in performance as a user . From a programmer view , you can
> take advantage of the cpu cycles and memory usage with a 64bit system.
>
> -- 
> --
> Masekela Walls
> Web Security Analyst | Senior Server Administrator
> Powserve.com / Gemini ISP Networks
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