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From: Richard Asbridge
Subject: Re: Ubuntu 64-Bit
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:06:01 +0000
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:57:58 +0000, MCR wrote:
> Richard Asbridge wrote:
>
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>> The standard that AMD introduced for 64bit is supported by the Intel
>> core 2 Duo (note the 2) the Intel Core Duo (it's predecessor) is a 32bit
>> CPU
>>
>> read these for details of each:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_Duo
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2_Duo
>>
>> If you have the core 2, then you can indeed use the X86-64 version of
>> any Linux distro often marked "amd64" or "EM64T" or X86_64 in the
>> downloads section of various distro sites.
>>
>> Read this for details about the standard:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64
>>
>> hope that clears things up :)
>
> It does indeed,thank you. I do have a core 2 duo (sorry i forgot the 2
> part). I'll probably try the 64 bit version in the next upgrade cycle
> as I about to upgrade my RAM to 4GB at around the same time.
P.S. I'm running 64bit Kubuntu with full house Beryl on my 24" panel all
driven by my rather spiffy new nvidia graphics card and everything works
really well :)
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