Core 2 Duo and SimplyMepis 6.5

You need to install the smp kernel. Don't worry, it is fully automatic.

- fire up synaptic (menu > system)
- hit the reload button
- do a search for all packages that have 'desktop-smp' in the name
- mark all packages for installation and hit apply
- after the install finishes, reboot. The entry in the grub menu 'newest kernel' will now point to the smp kernel

You can check it:
- in the commandline. USe command top and once you see the screen, hit 1 to see the CPUs in the top. Hit q to exit and close the terminal
- use ksysguard (menu > system > more apps). Click tab system load and drop down localhost. You will see CPU0 and CPU1

Newbie or not Newbie, there's always a question

Use Mepis 6.5 64bit.
It recognizes and uses both of your dual core processors.

regards, ko

Ko Bros

I thought it was some super hard process, but it was very easy. Thanks

I didn't use commandline to check it, i downloaded a dual core cpu program before and tested with it and showed 2 cores working. Thanks

64-bit i've heard that there aren't some programs working and its hard to get them work, i'll try first with 32bit, because it seems easier. I'm still a bit new to linux

Ah, but then you don't know MEPIS. MEPIS makes things easy.... Ko was right, and I didn't realize in time that core 2 duo was 64 bit.

The things that are problematic under 64 bit are very few:
http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/64_bit_issues

I have a single core 64 AMD and am going to switch when I have the time and inclination. I did a test install and it runs really smooth. If you can spare the extra partition, you could install it and share home between 32 and 64 bits...

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I have 2 questions:
1) Are those programs only problematic, or are there more, that haven't been tested yet.
2) Can i use the same swap partition for both mepises?

You made me want to try the 64bit, i'm going to download it.
About month earlier i tried Windows XP 64bit, that was faster but the drivers were pain in the a**.
And i tested it with Nuclear Multi core benchmark: http://members.lycos.co.uk/kaar3l23/nucc%20.gif

Basically, everything that is in the pools should work as expected. I have played around with it and it looks really good. At the moment, I am looking to maybe replace virtualbox with VMware server, since Virtualbox does not (yet) support 64 bit. Wine seems to be problematic with some Intel processors.

I do not have it in production yet, so I cannot really tell if there are more problems. So far, I have not heard of any.

Newbie or not Newbie, there's always a question

You can use the same swap to dual boot 32 and 64-bit

Mike

Just installed 64bit mepis and it seems to work better than 32 bit.
My wifi card works better(finds more networks)
Bluetooth(I can send files to phone, in 32bit it didn't work) :S
64bit rocks :D