What architecture is referred by x86_64 distrib (xeon ?)

herbert koelman · External Since: Apr 02, 2005 Posts: 6

I'm planning to install a Fedora C7 on a HP prolian 380G5 (2 * xeon
processors).

What distrib should I best download i386 or x86_64 ?

Allen Kistler · External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 367

herbert koelman wrote:
> I'm planning to install a Fedora C7 on a HP prolian 380G5 (2 * xeon
> processors).
>
> What distrib should I best download i386 or x86_64 ?

Fedora 7 is just Fedora 7. There's no more Core.
32-bit vs. 64-bit can be a bit of a religious war at times.
If you have so much RAM or intend to create files so big that a 32-bit
OS can't handle them, then use the 64-bit OS. Are you running any
software that requires a 64-bit OS, etc? Otherwise it probably doesn't
matter.

herbert koelman · External Since: Apr 02, 2005 Posts: 6

Allen Kistler wrote:
> herbert koelman wrote:
>> I'm planning to install a Fedora C7 on a HP prolian 380G5 (2 * xeon
>> processors).
>>
>> What distrib should I best download i386 or x86_64 ?
>
> Fedora 7 is just Fedora 7. There's no more Core.
> 32-bit vs. 64-bit can be a bit of a religious war at times.
> If you have so much RAM or intend to create files so big that a 32-bit
> OS can't handle them, then use the 64-bit OS. Are you running any
> software that requires a 64-bit OS, etc? Otherwise it probably doesn't
> matter.
I don't have any particular 64bit need. I just thought it was faster.

I think I'll just stick with the 32 bit distrib.

Thanks

General Schvantzkoph · External Since: Dec 29, 2004 Posts: 1207

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:06:02 +0200, herbert koelman wrote:

> Allen Kistler wrote:
>> herbert koelman wrote:
>>> I'm planning to install a Fedora C7 on a HP prolian 380G5 (2 * xeon
>>> processors).
>>>
>>> What distrib should I best download i386 or x86_64 ?
>>
>> Fedora 7 is just Fedora 7. There's no more Core. 32-bit vs. 64-bit can
>> be a bit of a religious war at times. If you have so much RAM or intend
>> to create files so big that a 32-bit OS can't handle them, then use the
>> 64-bit OS. Are you running any software that requires a 64-bit OS,
>> etc? Otherwise it probably doesn't matter.
> I don't have any particular 64bit need. I just thought it was faster.
>
> I think I'll just stick with the 32 bit distrib.
>
> Thanks

The 64 bit version does feel a little faster. In the past there was a
concern that you couldn't run some 32 bit media players on 64 bit Linux.
However I don't think that's true anymore. I installed F7 64 and I was
able to run mplayer on it without any problem.