[plug] What version of CPU and Linux do people use?

[James L. Clarke]

Here are the ones I'm currently using:-

Ubuntu 6.10 i386 on a Pentium 4
Ubuntu 5.10 Server i386 on a Pentium 1/166(yes I'm still using a very old
machine for my experimental server)

Although in the past I've used Mandriva, Redhat, Debian and Slack.

Regards,

James Clarke

http://www.pbase.com/jameslclarke


Quoting Scott Middleton <scott at terminus.net.au>:

> Hi I am wondering what versions of Linux and the CPU architectures people
> are
> using?
> 
> Eg Fedora Core 6 i586 on a core 2 duo.
> 
> Do many people use the AMD64 version?
> 
> I am also interested on what people prefer if they have a core 2 duo -
> x86(i3/5/686) or AMD64?
> 
> The reason I am asking is that most Linux distributions have now brought out
> a
> AMD64 (used to be x86_64) version. At first I thought this was only for AMD
> processors but now since Core 2 Duo and a few others it is basically the
> same.
> People using my on line shop (http://shop.linuxit.com.au) often ask which
> version to get and I am generally telling them to get x86 since it is safer
> from
> my perpective.
> 
> While writing this I found this:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_64-bit_Linux_distributions
> 
> It seems if you have a Pentium 4 prescott, some versions of them are 64 bit
> capable.
> 
>  
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> Scott Middleton
> 
> 
> 
> 
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