Commands using uname

Display the machine "hardware name" 32 or 64 bit.

"x86_64" is shown on 64 bit machines

"i686" is typically shown on 32 bit machines (although, you might also see "i386" or "i586" on older Linuxen).

On other "unix-like" systems, other hardware names will be displayed.

For example, on AIX, "uname -m" gives the "machine sequence number".

For whatever reason, IBM decided that "uname -M" would give the machine type and model.

(ref: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-aix-systemid.html )

On Sun Solaris, "uname -m" can be used to determine the chip type and "isainfo -v" will reveal

if the kernel is 64 or 32 bit.

(ref: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/solaris/sparc/html/32.and.64.bit.packages.html )

A more reliable way to determine "64-bit ness" across different Unix type systems is to compile the following simple C program:

/*

* program bits.c

* purpose Display "32" or "64" according to machine type

* written January 2013

* reference http://www.unix.org/whitepapers/64bit.html

*/

/* hmm, curious that angle-brackets removed by commandlinefu.com data input processing? */

#include "/usr/include/stdio.h"

long lv = 0xFFFFFFFF;

main ( ) {

printf("%2d\n",(lv < 0)?32:64);

}

eeooff

Compile and run thusly: cc -o bits bits.c; ./bits

This command adds a urpmi media source called "google-talkplugin" to the urpmi configuration on Mandriva or Mageia. Needs to be run as root. We specify the option "--update" so that when Google provides a newer version of Google Talk plugin in their download system then running a system update (eg: "urpmi --auto-update") will result in our copy of Google Talk plugin getting updated (along with any other Mandriva/Mageia pending updates).

To install Google Talk plugin from this source, use:

urpmi google-talkplugin # install plugin used for voice and video Google chat via gmail

This command adds a urpmi media source called "google-chrome" to the urpmi configuration on Mandriva or Mageia. Needs to be run as root. We specify the option "--update" so that when Google provides a newer version of Google Chrome web browser in their download system then running a system update (eg: "urpmi --auto-update") will result in our copy of Google Chrome getting updated (along with any other Mandriva/Mageia pending updates).

To install Google Chrome from this source, use:

urpmi google-chrome-stable #install Google chrome web browser

i686 = 32 bits

x86_64 = 64 bits

the command "getconf LONG_BIT" will work just as well.

You can use this one-liner for a quick and dirty (more customizable) alternative to the watch command. The keys to making this work: everything exists in an infinite loop; the loop starts with a clear; the loop ends with a sleep. Enter whatever you'd like to keep an eye on in the middle.

Found in comments section works on most Linux flavors.

On Fedora clean the boot directory; erase older kernel