Re: Books Inquiry
On 01/20/2016 10:50 PM, Joe wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:21:45 +0000
> Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 20 January 2016 19:30:08 Brian wrote:
>>> On Wed 20 Jan 2016 at 18:43:31 +0000, mohammad Harun wrote:
>>>> Sir
>>>>
>>>> Is there any book/guide/tutorial about how to use GUI (graphical
>>>> user interface) or Mouse in Debian ?
>>>>
>>>> It's hard to know how to download Debian ? though I tried many
>>>> links on your download page but still don't know what to download
>>>> & how to download.
>>>>
>
> VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
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>>>> I am using Pentium 4 CPU 3.2GHz and 3 GB of Ram & 32 bit
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>>>> computer. I run both Window xp & Windows 7 on it & have 80 GB
>>>> hard disk drive.
>>>>
>>>> but I can't understand on download page terms like i386
>>>> etc........
>>>
>>> i386 and amd64 are software for types of processor. Your CPU might
>>> handle either type. If in doubt, go for i386.
>>
>> Or the multiarch and let it decide. But the OP might have a Mac. or
>> arm or ...
>>
>
> When in doubt, read the question.....
>
> The OP wants the i386 version. To the OP: i386 is a relic of the days
> when Debian produced i386, i486 and i686 versions. It's all just called
> 'i386' now, even though I don't believe the 32-bit Debian distributions
> would actually run on an i386 computer, or even an i486.
>
Joe, you are right. I think that Linux kernel developers removed support
for i486 years ago :)
Kind regards
Georgi
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