Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

To: Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:04:34 +0100
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:02:12AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:

[...]

> Snerk. We all did that back in the day, Tomas. that and similar magazines 
> were this 8th grade graduates electronics education. Do they still exist 
> today? Retired now, so the subs expired.

Some of them: https://www.ee.com/

Cheers
 - t

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- Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
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- Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>