Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (714 mails)

[Linux Tyro <opensuse.bkn@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM, James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Those are simply different generations of the Intel 32 bit processors.  As
> they advanced, they had more capability.  An app written for i386, will run
> on i486 & later, but one written for a later generation may not run on an
> earlier one.  As for the actual differences, you'd have to check the
> programmers reference manuals.  One significant difference between i386 and
> i486 was the built in math processor.  With the i386, you either used a
> separate math co-processor or made do with software, which would be slower.

Oh I see but I have started the torrent download for opensuse 11.4 kde
in which written is 'i686' but actually I don't know if my processor
is that or a lower one, like i586...! So would there be any problem or
not?

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