On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, John M. Harris Jr. <johnmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:41:14 PM MST Przemek Klosowski via devel
wrote:
> On 9/10/19 7:55 AM, vvs vvs wrote:
>
> > Did I? I thought that I've said that I'm using x86_64 kernel right now and
> > that I have my memory stretched to the limits already.
>
> >
> >
> > But yes, I've experimented with x86_64 userland some time ago, I don't
> > remember exact numbers but I think that I've lost 100-200 MB of memory.
> > And I have not much time to experiment every time something have
> > changed.
>
> >
> >
> > You are right that I can reduce memory footprint by carefully tuning my
> > system. But that's what I've already did and Fedora breaks it just too
> > often. I'm used to work without GNOME on my other computer that have only
> > 32-bit CPU. But it started to be very painful to upgrade to newer Fedora
> > releases. So, when I've got 64-bit computer I've just went with the flow
> > and don't customize parts I'm not really interested in. I want to spend
> > on it as little time as possible. Going for my own Linux from scratch is
> > just not viable.
>
> Wait---so you are using 32-bit Gnome on a 64-bit capable CPU running
> 64-bit kernel? If the reason is to save 200MB of memory, you should
> definitely try one of the memory-thrifty desktop environments like xfce.
>
> You also said that you're running a memory-hungry non-Fedora
> application, which you presumably compile yourself.
>
> Therefore, it looks to me that you should try a 64-bit Fedora with a
> memory-saving xfce, install a 32-bit GCC toolchain and compile your app
> in 32-bit mode.
Compiling his app as 32 bit would require 32 bit repositories for the
libraries he plans on linking.
Multilib is still supported so libraries are present in the repositories.
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John Harris
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