Does Linux work with 8 GB ram?

[Adrenalin]

hey guys do linux work with 8gig ram???:huh:

[Volund]

Yes. Depending on a couple of factors, but in most cases, yes.

[hendricius]

Yes. It does work.

However, their is a physical problem - 32bit operating systems only work with max 3.2GB ram. Means, there will be no use for your 8 GB. The only way to solve that is to get a 64 bit OS which can theoretically support up to 120 GB of ram. Still, x64 systems are stable, but still contain more bugs than others.

[Adrenalin]

ok ty for the fast answer =*

[Volund]

Yes. It does work.

However, their is a physical problem - 32bit operating systems only work with max 3.2GB ram. Means, there will be no use for your 8 GB. The only way to solve that is to get a 64 bit OS which can theoretically support up to 120 GB of ram. Still, x64 systems are stable, but still contain more bugs than others.

but there is a workaround (as 32 bit actually recognizes more RAM than 3.2 gigs) built into linux OS'... It is called PAE Physical Address Extension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia