I know in some cases I've seen 686 rpms though...... -----Original Message----- From: Joseph A Nagy Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Do i386 RPM's take advantage of new processors?
On Monday 07 July 2003 17:22, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote in an attempt to be witty and informative: > Okay, this is probably a silly question, but: > > I've got a Pentium III Coppermine (Celeron?) 866 MHz processor. Now, > I typically install from RPM's, because it's so easy. But I was just > thinking that many of these RPM's have i386 or noarch in their names. > Does this mean that they're running slower on my processor than they > would if I downloaded source and compiled? And if I *did* download > source and compile, would RedHat network still keep me up to date for > security patches and such? > > Thanks! > > Ben In short and long: No. That's why they are i386 RPM's. They were built on i386's so that they can be used by the widest audience possible. -- Wielder of the mighty +1 LARTsaber of Unsubscribe Instructions At End of Message, the +3 Clue-by-Four of No Attachments to a Mailing List, and the -4 Shield of No Spell Checker http://joseph-a-nagy-jr.homelinux.org -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
