On 5/21/2015 10:41 AM, Zhang Huangbin <z...@iredmail.org> wrote: > >> On May 21, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Rodolfo José Castellanos J. <rodolfo...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> As far as I know the naming of the Debian port depends on the >> underlying microprocessor architecture. In https://www.debian.org/ports/ >> the adaption for 32 bits PC hardware is listed as "i386", but when >> installed it could be reported as i386 or i686 by the running Linux >> kernel. To ease the issue, it could be referred as x86.
> This is what i mean, "x86". Thanks Rodolfo. > > And for new server hardware, you prefer x86_64/amd64, no problem > at all. but how about existing/old hardware? Trash them and buy > new hardware? Most processors have been 64bit for - what, 8? 10 years now? It would have to be really old hardware to be 32bit. Like I said - if you want to stay with such dated hardware you will have to live with the limitations and downsides... -- users@sogo.nu https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists
