What is meant by optimized though? Tom.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Rodríguez > Sent: 05 March 2002 16:50 > To: newbie > Subject: RE: [newbie] mandrake 7.0 > > > The different versions of Mandrake (and most RPM programs) are compiled > for certain processors. This means that the human-readable source code > in which the program is written is translated into computer-readable > bits and bytes in the language specific to each type of computer chip. > > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote a great explanation of this back in August that > I still refer to. > > (found here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie%40linux-mandrake.com/msg75668.html ) > > He wrote: > > ==================== > i386 = intel 80386 and compatible. > i486 = intel 80486 and compatible. > i586 = anything built on intel Pentium technology, including Pentium > MMX. > i686 = anything built on intel Pentium Pro technology, including Pentium > II/III and Celeron. > > The Pentium 4 is an entirely new chip, and for the moment has no > specific > compilers. Since x86 chips are backwards-compatible, you can use i686 > packages. > > AMD Athlons and Durons have their own architecture (and even their own > compilation options in gcc), but are also compatible with i686. The AMD > K6 series is Pentium-class, and so is 1586 compatible. > > > Does this mean that my current distro doesn't use the full capacity of > > my cpu? Would the system run faster/better with the i686 edition? > > Usually the speed boost isn't large enough to make a real difference. > That doesn't stop me from compiling all my packages for i686, though :-) > ========================== > > To which i would add, that if you run across an rpm which says PPC, it > is compiled for PowerPC processors (Macintosh), and if it says src, it > is actually not compiled, but contains the instructions to compile it > yourself, so would work on any type of chip. > > Let me know if this makes any sense. > > > - Paul Rodriguez > > On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 11:28, Tom Harris wrote: > > What do you mean by "the 486 optimized version"? > > > > Tom. > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
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