[Precisionix-General] Re: Start building distro
- From: daaawg <cdaaawg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: precisionix-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:45:37 -0700
I'd have to agree on the 686. Know of any good debian packaging how-to web
sites?
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Andrew Sorensen <aos@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > 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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> > --
> > The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many',
> > and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
> > - Larry Hardiman
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The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the
word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
- Larry Hardiman
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