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spozen
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2009-01-31, 00:50
(This post was last modified: 2009-01-31, 00:57 by spozen.)
"AMD is 64bit"?
Huh?
I386 is a Intel CPU, i dont exactly know all the facts about this but this means it's compataible with this CPU and higher. Yes it's a 32 bit CPU.
Maybe someone who knows this better can explain.
32 bit & 64 bit are computer architectures.
Wow i really suck at explaining stuff..... Can someone please explain this better?
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Downloading and reinstalling with the desktop version is by far the easiest solution.
The reason for the names i386 and AMD64:
Intel's i386 processor was the first PC processor to have the 32 bit instruction set. Every pc made in the last 20 years or so supports this instruction set.
AMD, the company, designed the 64 bit instruction set used in PC's and called it AMD64, intel has adopted it into their PC processors.
Intel also has its own 64 bit instruction set called IA64 meant for servers and supercomputers running on the itanium platform.
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So in other words if yuo want to run 64bit instruction Linux on either AMD or Intel you run the AMD version of Linux. If you want 32bit on either CPU manufacturer you run the i386 version. Yes, it's confusing if you hadn't followed the development of this stuff years ago. <shrug>
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gdm as both autologin and timeout usability.
means you can let your user autologin to xbmc, but set gdm to wait f.e. 3 or 5 seconds for mousemovement or keypress.
that way you can boot up your fav. wm.
Not sure if this answers your question.