Hi,
that's not as illogical as it sounds, "amd64" has its name simply because it
was invented by AMD. Intel had its own 64-bit implementation ("Itanium"), too,
but it was so unsuccessful that they took the one from AMD.Greetings, Erik On Samstag, 28. Oktober 2017 19:47:43 CEST Henrik Rosenø wrote: > 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 > > > 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.ros...@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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