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Steve Clay
Asked: 2016-06-17 03:14:54 +0800 CST

Choosing which download to have [duplicate]

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Is it possible to download ubuntu 16.04 for an i3 based machine which doesn't connect to the internet by first downloading to an amd based machine and then creating a bootable usb? (The download page detects the amd and starts to download the version for that, so I need to be able to choose one suitable for an i3 processor and get that one, I already have ubuntu on the amd machine).

16.04

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  1. AMD64 is just another name for the x86_64 CPU architecture. Points relevant to you:

    • Your CPU supports it. There a no 32bit-only Intel i3s.
    • It's faster than i386, often demonstrably.
    • Less relevant these days is that 64bit applications do use slightly more RAM. But you can have more directly addressable RAM. And RAM is cheap.

    On balance, 64bit is the clear winner these days.
    Get that, ignore that it says AMD in the arch name. It's just a name.

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