AMD64

[Lord Sauron]

On 3/20/06, Mats Holmberg <mats.holmberg at elisanet.fi> wrote:
> Lord Sauron wrote:
> >On 3/20/06, scott <sclewin at bmts.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>    My motherboard died on me so I decided to get both a new motherboard
> >>and chip.  I decided on getting a Sempron and it supports AMD64.
> >>
> >>    My first question is, should I now download and install the AMD64
> >>version of Kubuntu?  My second question: how stable is the AMD64 side
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Yes and as stable as i386.
> >
> >
> Ubuntu core system is stable, yes, but many applications are not. Also,
> there are some features you simply won't get functioning - that is
> easily or completely.

You can always get it completely compatible.  AMD64 architecture is
really just x86_64 - it's 100%, totally and natively compatible with
i386, 486, 586 and 686 architectures.  Now, you will need to work at
ignoring some architecture dependency checking, assuming you're not a
total moron and try installing the PPC port of something, however,
there is no such thing as a i386/AMD64 compatitibility problem. 
Anyone who tells you otherwise is either being blindly loyal to Intel
or has absolutely no idea what they're talking about.  Period.  End of
Subject.

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