On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 07:51:44PM -0500, Mike Miller wrote:
> Which Linux distros are true 64-bit OSs?  If I buy a PC with a couple of 
> X5460 chips...
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeon#5400-series_.22Harpertown.22
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors#.22Harpertown.22_.28standard-voltage.2C_45_nm.29
> 
> ...which Linux distros will have 64-bit packages ready to run on that 
> architecture making full use of the available memory (e.g., 16 GB RAM)?

All the major Linux distributions have 64-bit kernel/binaries:

   Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Centos

Cheers,
florin

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