Fire 4 for linux

lucasart · Post by **lucasart** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:46 pm

Is Fire 4 available for Linux ?

reflectionofpower · Post by **reflectionofpower** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:18 pm

lucasart wrote:Is Fire 4 available for Linux ?

Not that I know of.

kranium · Post by **kranium** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:20 pm

lucasart wrote:Is Fire 4 available for Linux ?

Hi Lucas-

No, and it doesn't run via Wine either...

This is something I can fairly easily fix, so I intend to spend some time on it before next release (in Dec.) ...
unless I get enough improvement to do an intermediary release (for ex: 4.5)
(since Jan. I have ~ 10-15 ELO, 12 to be a bit more precise) but as always, feel like I'm on the verge of a major breakthrough!

I've recently added large page support, but will have to educate myself on how to port this to Linux.
I tried doing some Linux work using Oracle's Virtual Box, but really didn't like that environment at all...
it was extremely slow, and I just didn't have the patience to figure out what the issues were.

Normally testing runs 24/7 but for the last week or so, work has slowed down a bit, as I'm having some concerns with the heat
wave here in Europe (my networked array of i7s is in the hottest room of the house).

If the heat continues, I'll have to purchase an air conditioner for that space...

Keep up the great stuff you guys are doing on SF, very impressive!

Best Regards-
Norm

JJJ · Post by **JJJ** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:30 pm

Thanks you for letting us know where you are, I m happy to hear a nice improvement already.

lucasart · Post by **lucasart** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:07 pm

kranium wrote: I've recently added large page support, but will have to educate myself on how to port this to Linux.

Large pages are transparent in Linux. Nothing to port. Large page support is a workaround for Windows defective memory manager.

bob · Post by **bob** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 5:39 pm

lucasart wrote:
kranium wrote: I've recently added large page support, but will have to educate myself on how to port this to Linux.
Large pages are transparent in Linux. Nothing to port. Large page support is a workaround for Windows defective memory manager.

2mb large pages are transparent. That's not enough. you need 1gb pages and they require effort (mmap() plus the huge table file system and pre-allocating huge pages at boot time.

I don't know when the 1gb pages will become transparent, but certainly not today.

cdani · Post by **cdani** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:13 pm

kranium wrote: Normally testing runs 24/7 but for the last week or so, work has slowed down a bit, as I'm having some concerns with the heat
wave here in Europe (my networked array of i7s is in the hottest room of the house).

Exactly the same for Andscacs in Andorra! Lasts days I test only in the night.

kranium · Post by **kranium** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:52 pm

cdani wrote:
kranium wrote: Normally testing runs 24/7 but for the last week or so, work has slowed down a bit, as I'm having some concerns with the heat
wave here in Europe (my networked array of i7s is in the hottest room of the house).
Exactly the same for Andscacs in Andorra! Lasts days I test only in the night.

https://www.google.be/search?q=andorra& ... 20&bih=971

Hi Daniel-
Wow, looks very pretty there...(ok, I admit it, I had to Google 'andorra' to see where it was)

Since you're in the mountains I imagine it must be quite a bit cooler than here...?

Norm

cdani · Post by **cdani** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:58 pm

kranium wrote: https://www.google.be/search?q=andorra& ... 20&bih=971

Hi Daniel-
Wow, looks very pretty there...(ok, I admit it, I had to Google 'andorra' to see where it was)

Since you're in the mountains I imagine it must be quite a bit cooler than here...?

Norm

Yes, is clearly cooler, but 29-34ºc also those days. It happens may be 1-3 weeks a year, this year a bit more.

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