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How do I tell if I need AMD64 or i386

Asked by Rich.b

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How do I tell if I need AMD64 or i386 O.S?

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
Linux richard-H81M-S2H 5.4.0-105-generic #119-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 7 18:49:24 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thank you.

Rich.b

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

"How do I tell if I need AMD64 or i386"
Where do you think that you have to take this decision?

Ubuntu focal is delivered only as 64bit operating system (i.e. amd64), with a few libraries also provided in 32bit variant (=i386), mainly for running legacy programs.

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Rich.b (aybi30) said : 		#2

Thank you Manfred,

I was looking at "ReleaseNotes" of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS were it mentions AMD64 and lower down in the notes i386.

These release notes for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and its flavors. For details of the changes applied since 20.04, please see the 20.04.4 change summary. The release notes for 20.04, 20.04.1, 20.04.2 and 20.04.3 are available as well.

Just wanted to know this.

Thank you making this clear to me.

Rich.b

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Rich.b (aybi30) said : 		#3

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.