On Sb, 04 oct 14, 22:49:32, John Hasler wrote:
>
> The "Getting Debian" page refers specifically to "64 bit PC" and "32 bit
> PC" but I suppose clarification of exactly what "AMD64" means could be
> added. File a bug. With a patch.
These wordings were specifically chosen because many people wou
Chris Bannister writes:
> A MAC is still a PC. PC is short for Personal Computer.
Yes. Unfortunately, in common parlance a "peecee" is a desktop computer
running Microsoft Windows. As in "Do you have a peecee?" "No. I have
a Mac."
The "Getting Debian" page refers specifically to "64 bit PC" a
On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 04:22:21PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> On 10/04/2014 11:25 AM, John Hasler wrote:
> > Harry Putnam writes:
> >> So the unwary reader is led to believe that amd means an architecture
> >> different from `pc'.
> >
> > "pc" doesn't mean an architecture.
> >
> This is probably not mu
On 10/04/2014 11:25 AM, John Hasler wrote:
> Harry Putnam writes:
>> So the unwary reader is led to believe that amd means an architecture
>> different from `pc'.
>
> "pc" doesn't mean an architecture.
>
This is probably not much help to the person who provoked the question.
"PC" normally means
On 10/04/2014 11:12 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
Andrei POPESCU writes:
My machine has nothing to do with amd
Well, AMD created the x86-64 architecture we are all using (Intel's
IA-64 never became really popular), so actually it does ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd64
That is interesting. I
On 2014-10-04, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> So the unwary reader is led to believe that amd means an architecture
> different from `pc'.
PC stands for Personal Computer.
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Harry Putnam writes:
> So the unwary reader is led to believe that amd means an architecture
> different from `pc'.
"pc" doesn't mean an architecture.
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Andrei POPESCU writes:
>> My machine has nothing to do with amd
>
> Well, AMD created the x86-64 architecture we are all using (Intel's
> IA-64 never became really popular), so actually it does ;)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd64
That is interesting. I would not have guessed at that fact
On Sat 04 Oct 2014 at 09:47:46 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I want to download a jessie weekly build for 64 bit PC.
>
> What is the appropriate architecture on the downloads?
>
> My machine has nothing to do with amd but that is the only thing
> listed as 64 bit on the pages including jessie or
On Sb, 04 oct 14, 09:47:46, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I want to download a jessie weekly build for 64 bit PC.
>
> What is the appropriate architecture on the downloads?
>
> My machine has nothing to do with amd
Well, AMD created the x86-64 architecture we are all using (Intel's
IA-64 never became
On Saturday 04 October 2014 14:47:46 Harry Putnam wrote:
> is
> amd64 what I should download for a 64 bit PC?
Yes.
Lisi
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I want to download a jessie weekly build for 64 bit PC.
What is the appropriate architecture on the downloads?
My machine has nothing to do with amd but that is the only thing
listed as 64 bit on the pages including jessie or testing.
However, at https://www.debian.org/distrib/ the starting pag
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