You should use man for knowing details about any command options. uname -r gives you the kernel build. Here it is a special Ubuntu release number.
uname -m gives you the processor architecture which is i686 in your case. Read the manual by typing man uname Enjoy. Nasim On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Hafiz Imtiaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all > > Can anyone please tell me the differences between 'generic' kernel, > 'i386' kernel and 'i686' kernel ? > > When i type 'uname -r' in the terminal, Ubuntu shows the following: > > '2.6.24-16-generic' > > But when i type 'uname -m', it shows: > > 'i686' > > My processor is P4 2.40C GHz. Does computer performance depends on > kernel version ? that is, should i use 'i686' kernel ? > > Thanks in advance > > > -- > Hafiz Imtiaz Fortune > 0306005 > EEE, BUET > Phone:- 01915698207 > > > -- > ubuntu-bd mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > -- M. Nasimul Haque, M.Sc.(SUST) Wessex Institute of Technology Southampton, UK -- ubuntu-bd mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
