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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: Fedora 31 System-Wide Change proposal (late): No i686 Repositories
From:       "John M. Harris Jr." <johnmh () splentity ! com>
Date:       2019-09-11 6:05:03
Message-ID: 2251091.FSVUrgMlcH () schlecht ! jharris ! pw
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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.

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John Harris

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