Re: Linux for x86 or Intel

From: Fernando <fernandoluis_at_mac.com>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 15:00:29 -0700
Message-Id: <19C1F5CF-AF60-11D8-8134-000A95A6AB02@mac.com>

AMD, Via, Transmeta, etc, can all be classified as "x86" and they are not definitely "Intel"

And "Linux" is not the same as "LInux/x86". There are Linux for the PowerPC (Apple, IBM, etc) and other platforms.

Fernando
Optier

On May 26, 2004, at 2:23 PM, Smith, Ron L. wrote:

> The Oracle website has release documentation for Oracle 9.2 on x86
> based
> Linux and on the next line they have the same documentation for Oracle
> 9.2 on Intel based Linux.
>
> I thought Intel and x86 were the same thing. Can anyone explain the
> difference?

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