From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 6 20:08:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A06EA106567F for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:08:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f213.google.com (mail-ew0-f213.google.com [209.85.219.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 244538FC25 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:08:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so4496090ewy.43 for ; Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:08:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:cc:content-type; bh=xVaQJlORc75uDFPb7GYztzDC0uGOF+c8DjtUcGlKE3M=; b=f7wmFOiqmWrLY8lvqA5fxy60zl+txriWFabGclQrsLPzaofeXTOmQWsRhSTMvzbb5Q IM1f0Vr/Yhw4Ju3PH+7yD+ka9lQsjJup/hOC9Xno0FrOt4opyQejRKW7/y6WZjSq2m9m DERn8uViTjH60YMjk8iPIhBSjFa1LknZwmiow= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; b=IX2LJldnqLiLUaQxPfeXTOge5oZUEDZ62tneegbTF5xLxay45rqeplp3hFddUCTcBu tkKYHpBKsnWsGHWdWEMCw2KKVB5W379FBIFmZtCDQHx1uX6lFNLgvOBjV8lzirKqtS1H Y42vLY6gRVjmT8fn9sM8QS1LQtkkHB+MfR8Aw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.114.15 with SMTP id m15mr2252802ebc.90.1246910893193; Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:08:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:08:13 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e0907061308u47ae124al931f2427f4389850@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: processor concern X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:08:15 -0000 On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Ergosky wrote: > Hi. I want to download and start using FreeBSD but I've investigated about > the differences between the processors architecture. My processor has a i686 > architecture but there just seems to be a i386 full-arquitecture supported > by the OS. I want to know if there's a distribution optimized for my > processor's architecture to take full advantage of it's performance. Thanks > in advance for your response. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > i386 fully utilizes i686. If you have/want 64 bit, use amd64 although your choice may have further ramifications down the road. However you can always switch between the two if necessary although it is not particularly easy to do so. -- Adam Vande More