[DC LoCo] 64 bit question

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Saturday 25 July 2009 10:00:13 am Marti Martinson wrote:
> I AM NOT VERY TECH/ADMIN inclined, but just get by.....I am assuming
> there is no step-by-step (fairly easy) method of getting to 64 bit
> OS...without wiping and installing again?

Correct, a reinstall is the only way.

> Second ?, then I stop: the 64 bit Ubuntu downloads have amd in the
> filename. My CPU is Intel.....is 64 bit AMD = 64 bit Intel? (Probably
> stupid, I apologize.)

There are two 64bit x86-ish architectures.  AMD did it first, and theirs was 
called amd64.  Everybody started doing 64bit versions of software based on 
that.  Then Intel came up with Itanium (IA64) and tried to convince people to 
switch. That failed, so now they license the amd64 architecture from AMD for 
use in their CPUs. If you're referring to a Core 2 something-or-other, amd64 
is correct.

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
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