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Upgrading dpkg on 64-bit debian

Recently I tried to install Steam on my debian, but I ran into a problem. It requires dpkg version 1.16.2 (for multiarch) but the one installed on the system is 1.15.8.13 The problem is that running ...
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Why 32 bit OS has less requirement when compared to 64 bit

In my Organization for routing we are using 32 bit os rather than using 64 bit os on a host with 3GB RAM. Since 64 bit faster than 32 bit why do sometimes people use 32 bit OS rather than 64 bit. ...
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Why won't my binary run?

I have a binary that runs on my Debian Squeeze system, but then it doesn't do anything on my Debian Wheezy (kernel Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64) system. Both systems are 64 bit, while the executable is a 32 ...
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What a 64 bit Linux can do that 32 bit linux can't?

I ordered a server from fdcserver. Then I realized that, unless changed, fdcserver actually provides 32 bit operating as default. I logged in using SSH, typed uname -m, and to my horror I saw that I ...
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Where is max process size specified?

I've got a RHEL4 machine with 1TB of memory and have discovered that malloc and mmap refuse to allocate any memory above 512GB. Meanwhile, I don't seem to have a problem with RHEL5 machines. I'm ...
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is it possible to use w32codecs on a 64bit system?

Is there any chance I can load binary codecs on 64bit arch linux ? I have few .dat files that works great under 32bit windows xp, with smplayer (after downloading codecs), but on 64bit Linux, I got ...
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Why is it better to use a 64bit OS?

Speed/Security? Why should we choose to use 64 bit instead of 32 bit?
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Where did /usr/lib64 go and what is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu?

I have two Ubuntu-x86_64 systems. One is version 10.04, the other 12.04 and there is a difference in the structure of the lib directories. This doesn't surprise me, but I'm curious if anyone knows ...
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Can Yum express a preference for x86_64 over i386 packages?

I run a 64-bit version of CentOS5. At the moment, when I run Yum updates or installs, unless Yum is purged of i386 packages prior, it will install i386 packages when x86_64 are available. Is it ...
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Why does Linux on sparc64 architecture use 32-bit pointers in user-space and 64-bit pointers in kernel-space?

What are the advantages of deviating from the norm; that is 64-bit pointers in both user and kernel space for a 64-bit architecture? Reference: http://lwn.net/images/pdf/LDD3/ch11.pdf (Page 2)
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amd64 or i386? VirtualBox can't start client VM

My Debian kernel is linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64, and the command uname -m returns x86_64. However, apt-get does get i386 packages (those /var/cache/apt/archives/*_i386.deb), and never gets amd64 ...
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64-bit Linux doesn't recognize my RAM between 3 and 32 GB

My problems were caused by a faulty memory module and quite possibly a broken kernel binary. I just now booted my PC with basically brand new hardware. I've been running Debian 6.0 AMD64 before, ...
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User Kernel split in 64bit Linux

What is the default user/kernel split in the 64bit linux ? I read Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt (which someone pointed out), but I could not make out. Can somebody provide a direct answer (something ...
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Is highmem relevant in 64 bit Linux? If not, why?

Somewhere on the web, I read that 64bit Linux kernels do not have a highmem issue. I did not find any explanation/detail as to how/why it is not an issue. Can somebody explain?
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Problem with executing Firefox version 9.0.1

I cannot run firefox version 9.0.1. When i try to execute the binary firefox I get an error -bash: ./firefox: cannot execute binary file. The info returned by file is as follows: firefox: ELF 32-bit ...
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Linux executable sandboxing?

I'm running a service that allows users to submit code which is compiled and executed on the server. At the moment I'm using Moe and while it works fine for C and C++ code, I've been having some ...
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Should I install 32 or 64 bit?

I'm going to be installing linux on my 64bit netbook. Last time I checked I was advised that for personal computers (not servers) it is best to install the 32bit version. I believe the reasoning was ...
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Why does Ubuntu recommend download the 32-bit version?

Why does Ubuntu recommend download the 32-bit version? On their 32bit_and_64bit Page they even say Unless you have specific reasons to choose 32-bit, we recommend 64-bit to utilise the full capacity ...
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How to determine bitness of hardware and OS?

Output of uname -a on my RHEL 5.4 machine is: Linux <machine name> 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:51:48 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Does it mean that hardware is 64 bit ...
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How do I know that my CPU supports 64bit operating systems under Linux?

How can I find out that my CPU supports 64bit operating systems under Linux, e.g.: Ubuntu, Fedora?
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Really light weight linux for VM no extensions

I need to host a ssh server on a x86-64 Debian squeeze machine with no VT-extensions :( I am using virtlib with qemu (set up and working). I have tried a number of things and non have been perfect, ...
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Hardware to install 64-bit OS

If I search on Internet for minimum requirements to install a 64-bit operating system, Microsoft and allied forums recommend 4 GB RAM as the minimum criteria. On the other hand, when I look at Linux ...
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What is the difference between 32-bit PAE and 64-bit kernels?

I ask this only in regards to memory addressing. I know that a PAE kernel allows the OS to access more memory than a standard 32-bit kernel, however, what are the other implications? What specific ...
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Differences between Debian bigmem and amd64 kernels

Debian 6 has multiple Linux kernel packages, and I'm interested in two of them: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 Consider that: I'm not going to be running any ...