Re: Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread Mark Allums
Bret Busby wrote: On a laptop that has 4GB of RAM, and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor(which I assume to be a 64 bit CPU), I understand that a 64-bit OS is best for accessing the full GB of RAM. For 64-bit version, Ubuntu has only the AMD64 version. On the Debian web page at http://www.debian

Re: Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread David Fox
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Bret Busby 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

Re: Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 01:19:15AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > 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?) ? Yes, and yes. amd64 is used because AMD processors were t

Re: Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread Victor Padro
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > > On a laptop that has 4GB of RAM, and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor(which I > assume to be a 64 bit CPU), I understand that a 64-bit OS is best for > accessing the full GB of RAM. > > For 64-bit version, Ubuntu has only the AMD64 version. > >

Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread Bret Busby
On a laptop that has 4GB of RAM, and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor(which I assume to be a 64 bit CPU), I understand that a 64-bit OS is best for accessing the full GB of RAM. For 64-bit version, Ubuntu has only the AMD64 version. On the Debian web page at http://www.debian.org/releases/stabl