So, does that mean I can install Ubuntu 64-bit "amd64" server edition on a machine that has Intel Xeon processor without much of a problem?
Thanks, -Girish On Feb 9, 5:33 am, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <zzn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> wrote: > > To differentiate the then-different > > chips of AMD from Intels Itanium ia64 line, the 'amd64' name was > > introduced. These days ia64 is ancient history and "we're all amd64 users". > > > By the way, if you decide to go with Ubuntu or Debian, the r-sig-debian list > > is there to help. > > > Hth, Dirk > > You will also see the "amd64" architecture referred to by the name > "x86_64". It is yet another name for the same architecture. As far as > the choice of distro is concerned, I've had total success with R on > all the major distros on my 64-bit machine. But I would definitely > give the nod to a Debian-based distro like Ubuntu because of the large > existing base of R packages in the Debian / Ubuntu repositories. > -- > M. Edward (Ed) Borasky > > I've never met a happy clam. In fact, most of them were pretty steamed. > > ______________________________________________ > r-h...@r-project.org mailing listhttps://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guidehttp://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
