Re: What does i386 exactly mean?
From: Paul Johnson (baloo_at_ursine.ca)
Date: 01/31/05
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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:43:57 -0800
On Monday 31 January 2005 06:21 am, andras.lorincz@gmail.com wrote:
> The debian packages contain in their names i386. That means, as far as
> I know, that these programs are compiled to be able to run on at least
> on intel 386 processors. But does it also mean that if are run on
> newer machines, they run slower because don't exploit the capabilities
> of the newer processors?
Very rarely. The packages that benefit from subarchitecture
optimizations have packages for those subarchitectures built already
(like the kernel, mplayer, etc).
> Is it worth to compile the packages before installing them, and if so
> are there any configurations to be made to get a more optimized
> binary?
Only if you're a Gentoo ricer, in which your system will go 50 or 60
times faster in your head alone.
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