Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Nick Kartsioukas wrote: On Tue, October 28, 2008 05:38, Bob Nielsen wrote: Last week I installed 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 on a AMD X64 5000+ (2.6 GHz) machine and it seems to be running fine. However, when I ran '/proc/ cpuinfo', it recognized that there were two cores

Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-28 Thread Nick Kartsioukas
On Tue, October 28, 2008 05:38, Bob Nielsen wrote: > Last week I installed 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 on a AMD X64 5000+ (2.6 GHz) > machine and it seems to be running fine. However, when I ran '/proc/ > cpuinfo', it recognized that there were two cores but said the clock > was only 1000 MHz. Has anyone

Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-28 Thread Steve/WM5Z
Curt, WE7U wrote: On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Rick Green wrote: My ubderstanding is that all of the 'core' series support 32-bit kernels, and the 'core-2' series also will support a 64-bit system. Some other 64-bit systems will too, like AMD. 'duo' refers to the number of cores on the die. Yep

Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-28 Thread Gerry Creager
Whimperons were sorta slow. I got past them as fast as possible. Made the mistake of buying several, but they didn't last more than a year in service due to performance. Curt, WE7U wrote: On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Bob Nielsen wrote: Last week I installed 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 on a AMD X64 5000+ (2.

Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-28 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Bob Nielsen wrote: Last week I installed 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 on a AMD X64 5000+ (2.6 GHz) machine and it seems to be running fine. However, when I ran '/proc/cpuinfo', it recognized that there were two cores but said the clock was only 1000 MHz. Has anyone else seen this s

Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-28 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Rick Green wrote: My ubderstanding is that all of the 'core' series support 32-bit kernels, and the 'core-2' series also will support a 64-bit system. Some other 64-bit systems will too, like AMD. 'duo' refers to the number of cores on the die. Yep. And if you look

Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-28 Thread Rick Green
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Steve/WM5Z wrote: My question is, does the Intel duo processor still use the i686 version of Linux or will I need to get the 64 bit version? My ubderstanding is that all of the 'core' series support 32-bit kernels, and the 'core-2' series also will support a 64-bit syst

Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Oct 27, 2008, at 10:27 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Steve/WM5Z wrote: Since my desktop PC died the other day, I am wanting a new PC. The laptop is OK to get my mail and stuff, but not to good to use for everyday hamming computing. My question is, does the Intel duo proce

Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-27 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Steve/WM5Z wrote: Since my desktop PC died the other day, I am wanting a new PC. The laptop is OK to get my mail and stuff, but not to good to use for everyday hamming computing. My question is, does the Intel duo processor still use the i686 version of Linux or will I n

Re: [Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-27 Thread Mitch
> Since my desktop PC died the other day, I am wanting a new PC. The > laptop is OK to get my mail and stuff, but not to good to use for > everyday hamming computing. > > My question is, does the Intel duo processor still use the i686 version > of Linux or will I need to get the 64 bit version? >

[Xastir] OT: Processors and Linux version

2008-10-27 Thread Steve/WM5Z
Since my desktop PC died the other day, I am wanting a new PC. The laptop is OK to get my mail and stuff, but not to good to use for everyday hamming computing. My question is, does the Intel duo processor still use the i686 version of Linux or will I need to get the 64 bit version? ___