Etch on X86-64

Ananda Samaddar napisał(a):
> Hello there,
>
> my desktop computer recently bit the dust and I'm thinking of getting a Core 2 duo system. What is the status of Debian on the X86-64 platform? Is it usable? I'd love to hear from people using this particular port and their experiences. I've heard various things here and there e.g. Linux doesn't use both CPUs on the Core 2 duo. Is this a load of nonsense?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> Ananda
>
>

I'am useing sarge on amd64 on two Opterons (not dual core) an it runs
with no problem useing both cpus. The only limitation that bugs me a lot
i the lack of flash plugin for internet browser and lack of 64bit
version of open-office. Other than that its all fine

Jakub

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Le lundi 29 janvier 2007 00:58, Ananda Samaddar a écrit :
> Hello there,
>
> my desktop computer recently bit the dust and I'm thinking of getting a
> Core 2 duo system. What is the status of Debian on the X86-64 platform?
> Is it usable? I'd love to hear from people using this particular port and
> their experiences. I've heard various things here and there e.g. Linux
> doesn't use both CPUs on the Core 2 duo. Is this a load of nonsense?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> Ananda

Works great here, some apps appart :
- No flash, but you can use a 32 chroot (great with schroot) for 32bit
iceweasel+flash+java plugin
- amarok fails on song changes (libxine)

There IS two processors !

top - 01:14:27 up 1 day, 22:56, 1 user, load average: 2.15, 1.66, 1.35
Tasks: 206 total, 1 running, 205 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu0 : 0.3%us, 0.0%sy, 99.7%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu1 : 0.7%us, 0.0%sy, 99.3%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 1793024k total, 1783932k used, 9092k free, 150116k buffers
Swap: 1048568k total, 14256k used, 1034312k free, 496388k cached