Hi Thank you for your mail(s)! My personal conclusion is that since my PC uses Windows 64-bit, I should download the 'amd64'-version. Which is kind of illogical since I am quite sure I don't have a CPU from AMD. I DID have an AMD CPU 10 years ago... Henrik Rosenø -- Henrik Rosenø, M.Sc (civilingeniør) Website: www.Transformation.DK Spiritual, psychological, ethical, and political subjects. Den 28-10-2017 kl. 17:11 skrev Pfannenstein Erik: > Hi all, > > On Samstag, 28. Oktober 2017 15:32:23 CEST SZÉPE Viktor wrote: >> I think if you are installing an operating system, >> you may now what "CPU architecture" is. > not neccessarily. When installing a non-Linux OS, there's no need to know what > a CPU architecture is, because they only support one or two of them. The > others even use other labels like "32-bit" and "64-bit" instead of "i386" and > "amd64" and it usually boils down to how old your computer is (whether it > supports AMD64) and how much RAM you want to use (4 GB or more). > >> Idézem/Quoting Henrik Rosenø <henrik.roseno@webspeed.dk>: >>> How on Earth am I to know which to choose?? > Study computer science? ;-) Jokes aside, the page is missing a statement like > "if in doubt, use i386" or an overview what of these is to be installed on > which machine type (32-bit PC → i386, 64-bit PC → amd64, pre-Intel Mac → > PowerPC, Nintendo64 → mips and so on). > >>> This puts the Debian website in the 100% nerd/geek category where the >>> rest of us just walk away. > It certanly is, that paragraph "what is an operating system" on the home page > looks like a joke against the rest of the website. So, thank you for your > input! > > Best Regards, > Erik
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