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

[Marcos Raul Carot Collins]

My computers:

Debian Etch (4.0) on Centrino Core Duo (Laptop) (used OpenSuse 10.1 
until Debian 4.0 was ready)
Debian Etch (4.0) on P4 (Desktop)
Debian Etch (4.0) on PIII (Laptop)
Debian Sarge (3.1) on PIII (Desktop)
Debian Slink (2.1) on P2 (Desktop) (for some unknown reason it doesn't 
install Debian Potato (2.2) which would be the ideal for this one).

Have a nice day!

Marcos

Scott Middleton wrote:
> 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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