Re: Finding i386 After Support Ends (Was: differences among amd64 and i386)

Hello, On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 09:16:49AM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > That points you to an amazingly long list of Debian releases: > > https://linuxcollections.com/products/debian/debian.htm Though if I wanted an image for an old Debian release I'd just download it from: https://cdima

Finding i386 After Support Ends (Was: differences among amd64 and i386)

On 12/17/23, Andy Smith wrote: > On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 06:10:49AM -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 7:45 PM Tixy wrote: >> > Just announced today [1] it looks like Debian will drop i386 installs >> > for the next release. >> > >> > [1] >> > https://lists.debian.org/

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

Hello, On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 06:10:49AM -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 7:45 PM Tixy wrote: > > Just announced today [1] it looks like Debian will drop i386 installs > > for the next release. > > > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/12/msg000

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 7:45 PM Tixy wrote: > On Thu, 2023-12-14 at 18:19 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge > > > > Instruction set x86-64 > > Instructionsx86, x86-64 > > > > You could run amd64 on this machine. Right now, you have a choice > > betwee

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

On Thu, 2023-12-14 at 18:19 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge > > Instruction set x86-64 > Instructions    x86, x86-64 > > You could run amd64 on this machine.  Right now, you have a choice > between the two, but some distributions have already dropped suppo

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 09:36:19AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Also see x32, . It takes advantage of amd64 benefits, and tries to reduce the memory pressures. x32 hasn't really gone anywhere and is unlikely to at this point; amd64 is the only reasonable choice

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 6:20 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 09:54:08PM +, fuf wrote: > > Near a half month ago I bought a comp. made into 2011 year and didn't knew > > which Debian12 to put: i386 or amd64?, chose i386 as thought that old comp. > > didn't take amd64. > > i3

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 09:54:08PM +, fuf wrote: > I don't notice differences among amd64 and i386 but think to pick among > this. Give advice, what better please? i386 (or any other 32-bit x86) Linux should generally not ever be used on any hardware that supports amd64. The main

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

On 12/14/23 15:30, David Christensen wrote: On 12/14/23 13:54, fuf wrote:   Also, is there any simplest way to increase the font at the "bare base" at once after login? ... use Preferences in the Xfce Panel and the various applications to set their font sizes. A simpler way is to use Menu -

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

Debian 12 and 1 swap partition 4GB. I don't notice differences among amd64 and i386 but think to pick among this. Give advice, what better please? A 32-bit operating system is supposed to consume less memory than a 64-bit operating system, but I run 64-bit operating systems on all of my

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 09:54:08PM +, fuf wrote: > Near a half month ago I bought a comp. made into 2011 year and didn't knew > which Debian12 to put: i386 or amd64?, chose i386 as thought that old comp. > didn't take amd64. > i386-netinst Debian 12 was being installed perfectly, and later I c

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

> I don't notice differences among amd64 and i386 but think to pick among > this. Give advice, what better please? I will add memory if the spare slots > are, but maybe all busy? There are 2 slots only. I mostly use i386 on my machines, but it's mostly because that's what

Re: differences among amd64 and i386

2GHz,  Disk 320GB. > > I installed amd64-netinst Debian 12 but the bare base (for speed) > hoping after  to add  all necessary. Of course nothing  couldn't . > Third time I have installed Xfce and all to be suggested. Now > comp. is having  3 Debian 12 and 1 swap partition 4G

differences among amd64 and i386

12 but the bare base (for speed) hoping after to add all necessary. Of course nothing couldn't . Third time I have installed Xfce and all to be suggested. Now comp. is having 3 Debian 12 and 1 swap partition 4GB. I don't notice differences among amd64 and i386 but think to pick among thi