KDE i486 or i686

gonzalo76 · 05-09-2004, 06:11 PM

I have a Pentium 4 CPU, so what package should I use, i686 or i486, or are both the same?
Thanks

yknott · 05-09-2004, 07:13 PM

i386 or i486 for your 80486 cpu

slackMeUp · 05-09-2004, 07:49 PM

very cute yknott...

i486 will work on any processer greater then a 486...
i686 will work on any processer greater then a Pentium Pro...

You want the i686.

chakkerz · 05-10-2004, 03:45 AM

there is an i686 set ??? how'd i miss that?

anyway slackMeUp is right, i686 if it's there, i run the other one ... because i didn't find the other one and was grumbling, but hey, it too works, plus this p3 isn't that fast that it'd make that much difference ... or am i looking at that the wrong way around??

KMcD · 05-10-2004, 06:50 AM

if I use i686 for my P4 machines, will KDE (and other packages for that matter) run faster?? I guess they prob would but I just want to make sure. Thanks.

ringwraith · 05-10-2004, 07:07 AM

I would use the official slackware versions available on the mirrors :-)
That way you know they were built properly and work with your system.

chakkerz · 05-12-2004, 06:03 AM

if there is speed difference, it'd be slower since i686 is better optimized for your cpu.

ringwraith · 05-12-2004, 08:01 AM

The Official Slackware packages are i686 optimized but will run on i486. I don't think you would se a noticeable difference. They may be slightly bigger.