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Does someone can tell me what the meaning of Supported Architectures? And the difference between 386, 486, 586, 686, AMD x86-64?
I wanna download one Live-Cd but I don't know the right one!
Problably I will put the Linux in my HD.... Supported Architectures could interfere in this installation?
Thanks!
386, 486, 586, 686 are essentially the same thing; they are just different generations of the basic x86 CPU. On a modern CPU you would be using i686 binaries, but you could run any of them. Each generation had a few more tweaks and performance capabilities, and using the architecture that matches with your CPU (or at least, the closest one) theoretically gives you better performance.
x86-64 would be a 64 bit processor. If you have a 64 bit machine and use a 64 bit operating system, you will get the best performance possible. You can still use older 32 bit software on a 64 bit machine, but you would not be using the hardware to it's strengths.
Do you know what processor is in your computer? Or at least the brand/model?
Some semprons are capable of 64 bits. Some aren't.
If you are not sure about yours you can do two things: provide us with the contents of /proc/cpuinfo, or the easiest way (provided you have a fast connection), download a 64 bits livecd. If it boots, then your cpu can run x86_64 code. If it halts with a message telling you something about invalid instructions, then you can't 64 bits code.
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