Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-14 Thread Levis Yarema
Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term support? Am Do., 14. Apr. 2022 um 10:38 Uhr schrieb Paul Wise : > On Tue, 2022-04-12 at 05:59 +0200, Friedhelm Waitzmann wrote: > > > And if it is indeed p

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-13 Thread Levis Yarema
and can be re-enabled any time. I would prefer a computer without Intel ME. Am Mi., 13. Apr. 2022 um 21:11 Uhr schrieb Michael Stone : > On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 08:18:30PM +0200, Levis Yarema wrote: > >What about Spectre /Meltdown? P3/P4/Pentium M systems donĀ“t have that? > Core 2 >

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-13 Thread Levis Yarema
On 13.04.22 16:44, piorunz wrote: On 12/04/2022 04:59, Friedhelm Waitzmann wrote: And if it is indeed possible, how can I switch from i386 to amd64? Can this be done with the apt tools? Then during the migrating some packages will be from amd64 already while others will be still i386. How does

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-13 Thread Levis Yarema
On 13.04.22 17:11, piorunz wrote: > On 13/04/2022 15:57, Michael Stone wrote: > >> family 15 model 2 is northwood based. no amd64. the best option for that >> one is to find a cheap second hand box with a CPU that's only 10 years >> old instead of (literally) 20 years old and retire it; those old p

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2022-04-13 Thread Levis Yarema
On 13.04.22 17:11, piorunz wrote: > On 13/04/2022 15:57, Michael Stone wrote: > >> family 15 model 2 is northwood based. no amd64. the best option for that >> one is to find a cheap second hand box with a CPU that's only 10 years >> old instead of (literally) 20 years old and retire it; those old p