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Message 4888 - Posted: 26 Dec 2008 | 21:23:42 UTC

Are there any plans to support the 32-bit platform for Linux?
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Message 5245 - Posted: 4 Jan 2009 | 0:49:05 UTC - in response to Message 4888.

I want to ask the same, its more than a little retarded to support only 64bit Linux. For a dedicated crunching rig i could use 64bit no problem, but on my main rig its not a viable alternative.

Since its not a limitation with the Nvidia drivers i dont see the problem, how much does the code have to be changed to compile for 32bit? Not much at all i bet, if any. I suspect its not a question about skill but rather about will.

I want to remind the devs here that while 64bit Linux is the most popular among occasional Linux users, 32bit is still common among dedicated Linux users.

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Message 5252 - Posted: 4 Jan 2009 | 5:42:52 UTC - in response to Message 5245.

I want to ask the same, its more than a little retarded to support only 64bit Linux. For a dedicated crunching rig i could use 64bit no problem, but on my main rig its not a viable alternative.

Since its not a limitation with the Nvidia drivers i dont see the problem, how much does the code have to be changed to compile for 32bit? Not much at all i bet, if any. I suspect its not a question about skill but rather about will.

I want to remind the devs here that while 64bit Linux is the most popular among occasional Linux users, 32bit is still common among dedicated Linux users.


Questions like this are actually less about will than resources, usually developer time and in some cases the availablility of machines to make the builds ... In theory, for example, you can cross-compile on any Mac for any other mac but (Intel vs. PPC, do they still support the Motorola 68000 chips?) but with BOINC this does not always work well ...

And so, choices are made ... and someone is always unhappy ... I mean, where is the Intel Mac version?

In my case I would be providing more support for many projects if they only had a version for the Intel Mac ... which until a couple weeks ago was my fastest and best machine ... it is still in there as my number two, but, can only support those projects that have the right versions ...

Keep asking, but recognize that it is not that the project does not want you or to support the platform, the time to do so when there are still many issues with the current versions taking up time is the most likely problem here ...

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