Q about Fedora

tamer79 · 08-13-2008, 08:11 AM

Hi guys, when I am visiting fedora website to download I got the following options
Install DVD / Rescue CD

* i386
* x86_64
* ppc

Live Media (both GNOME and KDE)

* i386
* x86_64

I wanna know what are their meaning and how can i select the best option for me.

Thanks

jens · 08-13-2008, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamer79

Hi guys, when I am visiting fedora website to download I got the following options
Install DVD / Rescue CD

* i386
* x86_64
* ppc

Live Media (both GNOME and KDE)

* i386
* x86_64

I wanna know what are their meaning and how can i select the best option for me.

Thanks

*i386 works on all intel-compatible systems (a regular PC, this is what most people use).

*x86_64 is for 64 bit computers only

*ppc is the old Apple architecture

You'll probably want the i386 images.

GNOME and KDE are the two big Desktops.
If you're new, start with GNOME (fedora comes with a rather unstable KDE4.x version).

tamer79 · 08-13-2008, 08:43 AM

Thank u very much. I really appreciate it!

tamer79 · 08-16-2008, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jens

*i386 works on all intel-compatible systems (a regular PC, this is what most people use).

*x86_64 is for 64 bit computers only

*ppc is the old Apple architecture

You'll probably want the i386 images.

GNOME and KDE are the two big Desktops.
If you're new, start with GNOME (fedora comes with a rather unstable KDE4.x version).

So Now the question is how can I know the type of my computer that supports the Linux version? that is to say is it *i386 or *x86_64?

Thanks in advance

johnson_steve · 08-16-2008, 10:00 AM

well what CPU do you have?

jens · 08-16-2008, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamer79

So Now the question is how can I know the type of my computer that supports the Linux version? that is to say is it *i386 or *x86_64?

Thanks in advance

i386 (32bit) works for both
x86_64 (64bit) is optimized for AMD64 and Intel 64 (EM64T)

some people still prefer i386 on both for compatibility reasons

tamer79 · 09-06-2008, 08:03 AM

So this means I always go for i386 since it works for both.
Thank you very much.

resetreset · 09-06-2008, 09:01 AM

This does mean that if you HAVE a 64-bit chip, it won't be being used at maximum capacity (your computer)