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Old 02-02-2009, 07:12 PM   #1
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What the difference?


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!
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:15 PM   #2
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What processor have you got? What linux CD do you want to download? Depending on the architecture of your CPU you need to choose the right CD.
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:17 PM   #3
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if yours is a 64-bit computer then get AMD x86-64 (also for intel 64-bit) else

for 32-bit any of the rest would be OK.

(32-bit will be OK on 64-bit systems)
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:18 PM   #4
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My processor is AMD Sepron 2.8!
I wanna donwload the Live-cd Of Mandriva and Fedora!
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:19 PM   #5
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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?
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:21 PM   #6
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My processor is AMD Sepron 2.8!
I wanna donwload the Live-cd Of Mandriva and Fedora
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:23 PM   #7
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OK get the x86-64 versions (Fedora 10)

You can try Kubuntu too
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:24 PM   #8
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does my processor is 64 bits?
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:32 PM   #9
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Quote:
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does my processor is 64 bits?
I don't think so

http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/processors/sempron/

Go for 32 bit versions.
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:36 PM   #10
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MS3FGX told that x86-64 is for processor that is 64 bit!And the mine is not!
Is that really correct?
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:37 PM   #11
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So I can download 386, 486, 586, 686, right?
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:48 PM   #12
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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.
 
Old 02-02-2009, 07:49 PM   #13
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Thank you very much!!!
 
  


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