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How about core 2 duo and 64 bit?
How about core 2 duo and 64 bit?
Posted Sep 14, 2006 16:17 UTC (Thu) by Lockjaw (subscriber, #4611)In reply to: How about core 2 duo and 64 bit? by lamikr
Parent article: What you should (and shouldn't) expect from 64-bit Linux (Linux.com)
This is being posted from a Core 2 Duo machine running Debian Etch AMD64, so it's definitely possible. AMD calls their 64 bit extensions AMD64 (originally they called them x86-64), and Intel calls theirs EM64T, but they're the same as far as an end user is concerned.
ps - It's a nice machine so far - very fast. I'm still waiting for the Intel graphics drivers to make it from experimental into testing, but in the meantime the Vesa driver is limping along (I'm no gamer). Also, my wireless card no longer works (Ralink - the driver is under pretty heavy development); that's probably been the most annoying aspect of the switch.
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