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Does the Ubuntu kernel behave differently on AMD and Intel based machines?

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Does the Ubuntu kernel behave differently on AMD and Intel based machines?

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Evgeny Kuznetsov (nekr0z) said : 		#1

Well, it depends on what you mean by "behave differently". Ubuntu generic kernel supports both Intel- and AMD-specific technologies, so for example AMD 3Dnow! technology is not available when running Ubuntu on an Intel CPU (because CPU itself doesn't support it).

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