386 vs 686 kernel? And uninstall linux-image-2.6.15-21-386 removes Linux-386?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Conrad" <adconrad at ubuntu.com>


> Chanchao wrote:
> > 
> > 1. If I mark the old one, linux-image-2.6.15-21-386, for removal, then
> > it also wants to remove Linux-386... Would that be bad?  I thought
> > Linux-386 would just point to the current version, which is
> > linux-image-2.6.15-23-386 ?
> 

> 
> > 2. Should I be using *386 at all?  My computer is a Pentium 3, so would
> > *686 be better?
> 
> You should ideally "apt-get install linux-686", yes.
> 
> ... Adam
> 
I am using an AMD 64 processor but don't want to use the 64bit version of 
Ubuntu. Which should I be using? 386, or 686?

Thanks,
Bradley