Re: Which distribution should I use based on my cpu's arch?
Hongsheng Zhao wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I've two computers and the cpu's informations are as follows:
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>Intel (R) Core (TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67 GHz
>
>and
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>Intel (R) Core (TM) 2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.5 GHz
>
>I want to know Which arch-specific distributions should I use based on
>my cpu's arch listed above, especially, i386, ia64, or amd64?
Core 2 and later is all 64-bit x86, aka amd64 in Debian. i386 will
also work, but won't be as effective on your hardware.
ia64 is itanium.
http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#which-cd
>Besides, I've found that the ia64 distribution only have one DVD, why?
We don't ship all of the ISOs for all architectures, for space reasons:
http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#not-all-images
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