ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agoI'm bored, so I made this Arch Linux sticker for computerlemmy.caimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareColdWater@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 months agoYes but the x64 indicate it only compatible with 64bit x86/arm CPU
minus-squarepmklinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoI just feel that it’s technically wrong to call it x64. x86 is the architecture. The x belongs there, so x86-64 makes more sense, but not “x64”. It’s a marketing term, but it still bothers me.
Isn’t “x64” still an x86 architecture?
Yes but the x64 indicate it only compatible with 64bit x86/arm CPU
I just feel that it’s technically wrong to call it x64. x86 is the architecture. The x belongs there, so x86-64 makes more sense, but not “x64”. It’s a marketing term, but it still bothers me.
AMD64, innit?