On Sb, 04 oct 14, 22:49:32, John Hasler wrote:
The Getting Debian page refers specifically to 64 bit PC and 32 bit
PC but I suppose clarification of exactly what AMD64 means could be
added. File a bug. With a patch.
These wordings were specifically chosen because many people would be
I want to download a jessie weekly build for 64 bit PC.
What is the appropriate architecture on the downloads?
My machine has nothing to do with amd but that is the only thing
listed as 64 bit on the pages including jessie or testing.
However, at https://www.debian.org/distrib/ the starting
On Saturday 04 October 2014 14:47:46 Harry Putnam wrote:
is
amd64 what I should download for a 64 bit PC?
Yes.
Lisi
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On Sb, 04 oct 14, 09:47:46, Harry Putnam wrote:
I want to download a jessie weekly build for 64 bit PC.
What is the appropriate architecture on the downloads?
My machine has nothing to do with amd
Well, AMD created the x86-64 architecture we are all using (Intel's
IA-64 never became
On Sat 04 Oct 2014 at 09:47:46 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
I want to download a jessie weekly build for 64 bit PC.
What is the appropriate architecture on the downloads?
My machine has nothing to do with amd but that is the only thing
listed as 64 bit on the pages including jessie or
Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com writes:
My machine has nothing to do with amd
Well, AMD created the x86-64 architecture we are all using (Intel's
IA-64 never became really popular), so actually it does ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd64
That is interesting. I would not have
Harry Putnam writes:
So the unwary reader is led to believe that amd means an architecture
different from `pc'.
pc doesn't mean an architecture.
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On 2014-10-04, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
So the unwary reader is led to believe that amd means an architecture
different from `pc'.
PC stands for Personal Computer.
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On 10/04/2014 11:12 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com writes:
My machine has nothing to do with amd
Well, AMD created the x86-64 architecture we are all using (Intel's
IA-64 never became really popular), so actually it does ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd64
On 10/04/2014 11:25 AM, John Hasler wrote:
Harry Putnam writes:
So the unwary reader is led to believe that amd means an architecture
different from `pc'.
pc doesn't mean an architecture.
This is probably not much help to the person who provoked the question.
PC normally means a computer
On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 04:22:21PM -0400, Doug wrote:
On 10/04/2014 11:25 AM, John Hasler wrote:
Harry Putnam writes:
So the unwary reader is led to believe that amd means an architecture
different from `pc'.
pc doesn't mean an architecture.
This is probably not much help to the
Chris Bannister writes:
A MAC is still a PC. PC is short for Personal Computer.
Yes. Unfortunately, in common parlance a peecee is a desktop computer
running Microsoft Windows. As in Do you have a peecee? No. I have
a Mac.
The Getting Debian page refers specifically to 64 bit PC and 32 bit
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