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To: Charlespg

“64 gigs is what i heard”

Here’s a C language define straight out of a fairly recent linux kernel sources:

# define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS 44

That’s for a 64bit processor - it can address memory using a 44 bit address. That number equates to 16 terabytes of physical memory. That should be enough for awhile :)

32 bit processors can address 4GB. Only Microsoft places the ~3GB limit in XP.

Another nice linux distro is Ubuntu Studio. http://ubuntustudio.org It has a ton of really cool multimedia apps bundled in with the distro.

Have fun :)


18 posted on 12/24/2010 9:05:03 PM PST by fretzer
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To: fretzer
That’s for a 64bit processor - it can address memory using a 44 bit address. That number equates to 16 terabytes of physical memory. That should be enough for awhile :)

Nobody will ever need more memory than that! ;-)

34 posted on 12/25/2010 9:08:46 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: fretzer
How right you are.

Ubuntu Studio is great.


Runaway Slave

Apostle Claver tells the world how the real party of racism is the Democrats

39 posted on 12/25/2010 2:41:38 PM PST by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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