On 24 May 2011 23:26, Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Mihira Fernando <mihirathe...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On 05/24/2011 08:48 PM, J.Hwan.Kim wrote: >>> >>> Hi, everyone >>> >>> If the CPU core is i5, what package should be installed ia64 or i386? >>> My old PC (Pentium-D core) is using i386 package. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> J.Hwan Kim >>> >>> >> use amd64 if you want 64bit computing or i386 if you want to stick with >> 32bit computing. ia64 is for the Intel Itanium range of processors. > > Actually I never understood why people would want to install i386 when > amd64 is possible. Since from amd64 you can still run x86 code ... but > not the other way around. Is there a drawback when installing an amd64 > kernel ? some applications(or programs) doesn't have a amd64 version , this is the major reason. Still some people(like me) learn programming ,it's a better way to use i386 , 'cause many books in the world(I mean as textbook) refer to i386 , such as pointer is 4 bytes.
actually if the cpu arch is amd64, you can install a 32bits system, and run the 32bits programs , directly . but if you install a 64bits system , you cannot run 32bits programs directly ,'cause they link to different libraries. Though some technique have emerged to run 32bit codes in 64bits system . > > Thx > -- > Mathieu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/banlktimiru+7euhm1zpasqppf0pvfk...@mail.gmail.com > > -- ________________________ wolf python london(WPL) Do as you soul should do ! ________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTi=8SOu3rYRkBYHO4Q=ekq4zctu...@mail.gmail.com
