[Gllug] Which architecture?

John Winters john at sinodun.org.uk
Fri May 1 08:33:42 UTC 2009


On Fri, 1 May 2009 08:01:31 +0100, lesleyb at herlug.org.uk wrote:
[snip]
> The choice, if any, would appear to be between i386 and amd64?
> I am sure I read somewhere that one could use amd64 if one has more than
> 4GB memory.
> If anyone can advise, thanks in advance.

amd64 without a doubt.  If you install the i386 version you won't be able
to use all your RAM and you'll only have to upgrade later.  You can still
run 32-bit programs on 64 bit Debian so there doesn't seem any point in not
using it.

John
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