Pascal Hambourg <pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org> writes: > Le 25/02/2017 à 13:26, GiaThnYgeia a écrit : >> AMD64 is for 64bit Amd and Intel processors, > > 64-bit Intel *x86* processors. There was once another 64-bit architecture > called ia64 used by Intel "Itanium" processors, not compatible with amd64. > >> i386 is a 32bit system for >> old pre64 architectures. So even though a 32bit will work on a 64bit >> system I have yet to find a good reason for doing so. > > Here are some good reasons to use a 32 bit system on 64 bit hardware : > - You are tight on memory (e.g. embedded system). > - You need to run software available only for 32 bit architecture.
So, generally speaking, how do I know what to choose? How do I check if my machine is `64 or 32 bit', and what of all those different Debian .isos to install? Rodolfo