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x86 is the lingo for Intel architecture, IBM-PC computers. Mainly intel and amd processors. Other architectures can be sun-sparc, powerpc, s390, etc....
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Well it's the suse server 8, does this mean i can use pentium 4?
And for the other operating systems, it says opteron and itanium, so that means i have to use those brand processors right?
the suse server 8 enterprise have several other ones that support itanium and opteron. So I'm guessing those you have to use that specifici processor. So just as final though, x86 is basically all those processors out there
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