Erik Josefsson wrote: > On 5/24/19 5:12 AM, David Christensen wrote: > > > > If you get a major brand computer with 64-bit Intel Core technology (ca. > > 2006) or newer, Debian should run on it. > > Great! Thanks! > > The HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF that I'm about to grab has a Intel Core > i5-2400S processor.
I have the next generation model of that sitting on my desk at work. It's perfectly reasonable. > I browsed the Debian installer pages and as far as I understand I should use > "other images (netboot, USB stick, etc.)" for the installation, but to me it > is not obvious if I should use the image for the amd64 or the i386 > architecture: AMD64 is the name for the modern Intel-and-AMD 64-bit instruction set; basically all non-antique desktops and laptops use it. (History: Intel decided that 64-bit instruction sets should be a new architecture, and built a system called Itanium. It was expensive and slow. Meanwhile, AMD built a reasonable extension to the existing Intel 32-bit architecture, and Intel eventually adopted it. For a while, the Itanium architecture was available as IA64, which served mostly to confuse people who had bought Intel chips and wanted 64-bitness. > My typcal problem. I should know basic stuff like that. No, you should know how to ask questions and do research. Then you get to know stuff. That's how I got to know stuff, anyway. -dsr-
