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01-28-2005, 03:18 PM
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Registered: Dec 2004
Distribution: Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, FreeBSD
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amd64 - what architecture do i need to download?
i have an amd64 (3200). which architecture do i need to download (alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, etc..)? sorry for the stupid question, i'm just a little confused. thanks!
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01-28-2005, 04:26 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Upstate
Distribution: Debian, Mint, Mythbuntu
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amd64 is still beta for Debian, but it can be installed and seems quite stable. See this article: http://lwn.net/Articles/113527/ |
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01-28-2005, 04:28 PM
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Registered: Dec 2004
Distribution: Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, FreeBSD
Posts: 68
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would you recommend getting it now, or going with i386 and waiting until amd64 becomes more stable?
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01-29-2005, 10:01 AM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Distribution: Debian Sarge
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I recommend it,
it is the most stable and fast distro for AMD64.
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