Re: Debian on Core2Duo 64bit

From: Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <ghostbar38(at)gmail.com>
Date: Wed Oct 31 2007 - 22:58:00 EDT

Pál Csányi wrote:
> 2007/10/31, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <ghostbar38@gmail.com>:

>> Semih Gokalp wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Which debian dist should I install on core2duo 64 bit pcu? x86 or amd64 ?
>> amd64.

>
> amd64 is not only for the AMD processors?
>
> I have an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU6320 @ 1.86GHz
>
> Should I install too the amd64 Debian distribution on this system?
>

No, amd64 support as well emt64 (Intel) but was ridiculous to have 2 ports for something that works in a same way but with different names.

So yes, if you want to take advantage of the 64bits of your proccessor then install amd64. :-)

Regards,
Jose Luis.

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Received on Wed Oct 31 22:59:59 2007