Actually I just tried a 32bit install in VirtualBox and it is the same as you describe.
On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Aurélien Larcher <[email protected] > wrote: > I am not sure whether the question is really 32 vs 64 bit... but given the > amount of memory that pkg claims for big updates I do not think having less > than 2GB RAM together with Gnome is reasonable (by today's standards) as > you are likely to exhaust resources fast. > > I use 32bit Hipster for recovery from time to time, it is a bit sluggish. > IMHO given how slow and energy inefficient such x86 systems are, they are > not worth the trouble... unless you really want to play with them just for > fun. > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 7:43 PM, cpforum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've just installed OI hipster 2015-10 on a 2004 32 bits Pentium IV >> 2,53Ghz 1,5 Gb RAM desktop >> with a SIS648/963 motherboard (it works 2 years ago with OI). >> >> Installation is OK, Boot is OK, Network is OK. Everything seems to be OK >> after opening a Gnome session. >> Firefox 24 works without problems, Gnome Terminal too, download files >> with Firefox, is ok an it's fast enough. >> >> When I launch : "pkg update" the system become unusable, Gome Terminal >> can no longer launch >> bash, and so on. The system is frozen an cannot be halted. Nothing is >> logged excepted one time no "more threads". >> >> Is hipster always 32 bits compatible ? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> openindiana-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > > > > -- > --- > Praise the Caffeine embeddings > -- --- Praise the Caffeine embeddings _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
