[Precisionix-General] Re: Start building distro
- From: Andrew Sorensen <aos@xxxxxxx>
- To: precisionix-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:13:42 -0700
We need some debian packaging experts now... :(
i686 is a pentium pro or better, I vote for i686.
On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 17:52 -0700, daaawg wrote:
> I think this is one of the reasons you start with a mission plan. If
> the mission is to support older hardware as well as newer, then
> architecture support realistically includes everything from 486
> upwards. If middle of the road, 586+; cutting edge then 686 with
> emphasis on dual core optimization and of course 64 bit. However, we
> must keep in mind that we'll need the hardware to compile and test,
> not to mention personnel!
> I don't see much use in supporting anything older than 586.
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> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Andrew Sorensen <aos@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Do we have any plans about archs we will support?
> i386 i486 i586 or i686 (x64 will be there also)
> but for 32bits will be use?
> i386 i486 i586 or i686? (google them if u dont know what is
> what)
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