On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Bret Busby <b...@busby.net> wrote: > For 64-bit version, Ubuntu has only the AMD64 version.
Which is all you need. > > On the Debian web page at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ , the > architectures supported, include AMD64 and Intel IA-64. Debian supports IA-64, Ubuntu does not. IA-64 is Itanium, which is a completely different CPU that was originally targeted at servers, not desktops. Unless you have an Itanium processor, you don't need or want this, because the code is completely different. > What exactly the "EM64T extension" is, or whether it is applicable to the > CPU, I do not know. EM64T is Intel's variant of the AMD64 extensions. In today's usage, there are little if no differences between the two, and the terms are interchangeable. > So, is the AMD64 ISO image, the appropriate one for a laptop with an Intel > Core 2 Duo processor, or is the Intel IA-64 the appropriate image (and, if > so, does it work?) ? You'll want amd64. Some people would suggest sticking with a 32-bit on such a system, because of the relatively low-memory footprint. OTOH, when I put together my first 64-bit system last summer, I only had 2 gigs of RAM, and I went to 64-bit. My current systems have a bit more RAM (3 gigs on the laptop, and 4 on the desktop Core2Quad), so for me, it's 64 bit all the way :). -- thanks for letting me change the magnetic patterns on your hard disk. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
