Ubuntu 9.04 amd64 What processor to choose?

[Fernando González Díaz de la Serna]

*Thanks Douglas Knapp; you rock!*

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2009/6/4 Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com>

> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Steven Susbauer <steven at too1337.com>
> wrote:
> > Fernando González Díaz de la Serna wrote:
> >> Hello to everybody!
> >>
> >> 1. I want to assemble my own computer.
> >>
> >> 2. I want to use an Intel Desktop Motherboard
> >>
> >> 3. I want to use an Intel core duo quad processor
> >>
> >> 4. I want to install Ubuntu 9.04 amd64 on this computer
> >>
> >> *Two questions:*
> >>
> >> a. Can I use Intel for the motherboard and processor even though the the
> >> Ubuntu version for 64 bits specifically says AMD?
> >>
> >> b. Is choosing the 64 bit Ubuntu version really a good choice, or will I
> >> have a lot problems running certain programs?
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot to whoever takes the bother to answer and help me,
> >>
> >>
> >
> > If the processor is 64 bit, you would use the amd64 system, even though
> > it says AMD.
> >
> > B is up to you. You may have some issues, in general there are few.
>
> This amd64 title is really stupid but the reason is because AMD
> invented 64 bit and Intel copied it, so AMD64 means any system based
> on the AMD standard, which includes all the intel chips.
>
> I have been running 64 bit for years now and no problems at all for
> about a year and before that the only problem was java and that media
> viewer, both problems where fixed by running a 32 bit browser but now
> you don't even have to do that. The key point is that if you MUST you
> can also run 32 software under the 64 bit system provided you have all
> the 32 bit libs that go with it. This can mean having the same lib 2
> times (32 bit and 64 bit) in your system thus eating into your TB hard
> drive and taking all that room you really need for something else.
> (joke)
>
> Short of it is, no problems at all, go for it.
>
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