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Re: [opensuse] i386 rpms
- From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:06:43 -0600
- Message-id: <200902252206.48294.bss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wednesday 25 February 2009 17:59:39 Nelson Seto wrote:
A Pentium III processor should handle i686 fine.
i386 = original 386
i486 = one of the 486 variants
i586 = original Pentium, AND K5, some stripped-down later processors
i686 = Pentium II and above, AMD K6 and above
amd64/emt64/x84_64 = 64-bit capable processors [1]
[1] These can also run i686 packages. Unless you have a single application
that needs more than 3.5GiB of address space, i686 is probably a better
choice.
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Would you know if the 'noarch' is a generic repository that may support
i386 (piii)?
A Pentium III processor should handle i686 fine.
i386 = original 386
i486 = one of the 486 variants
i586 = original Pentium, AND K5, some stripped-down later processors
i686 = Pentium II and above, AMD K6 and above
amd64/emt64/x84_64 = 64-bit capable processors [1]
[1] These can also run i686 packages. Unless you have a single application
that needs more than 3.5GiB of address space, i686 is probably a better
choice.
--
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =.
bss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ((_/)o o(\_))
ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-'
http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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