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> Can the latest Ubuntu use/exploit the Core2 Quad Processor? (Intel®
> Coreâ„¢2 Quad Processor Q6600)

Yes. Ubuntu is multi-core capable.

You'll need the 64 bit version, confusingly referred to as the
AMD64.iso version. Don't worry about the name though, it *is* for
64 bit intel chips too.

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Moog wrote:

> Pete illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>> Can the latest Ubuntu use/exploit the Core2 Quad Processor? (Intel®
>> Coreâ„¢2 Quad Processor Q6600)
>
> Yes. Ubuntu is multi-core capable.
>
> You'll need the 64 bit version

Why is that? Do you mean a 32 bit version won't run on the Core 2 Quad?

de Kameel

De Kameel illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> Moog wrote:
>
>> Pete illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>> Can the latest Ubuntu use/exploit the Core2 Quad Processor? (Intel®
>>> Coreâ„¢2 Quad Processor Q6600)
>>
>> Yes. Ubuntu is multi-core capable.
>>
>> You'll need the 64 bit version
>
> Why is that? Do you mean a 32 bit version won't run on the Core 2 Quad?

Nope. The 32 bit version will certainly work. I hadn't properly
looked into it.

Just a quick Google tells me the SMP Kernel is installed if it detects
multi-core on either. So either is fine.

Thanks for pointing this out DK. Cheers.

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On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:19:54 +0000, Moog wrote:

> De Kameel illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>> Moog wrote:
>>
>>> Pete illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>>> Can the latest Ubuntu use/exploit the Core2 Quad Processor? (Intel®
>>>> Coreâ„¢2 Quad Processor Q6600)
>>>
>>> Yes. Ubuntu is multi-core capable.
>>>
>>> You'll need the 64 bit version
>>
>> Why is that? Do you mean a 32 bit version won't run on the Core 2 Quad?
>
> Nope. The 32 bit version will certainly work. I hadn't properly looked
> into it.
>
> Just a quick Google tells me the SMP Kernel is installed if it detects
> multi-core on either. So either is fine.
>
> Thanks for pointing this out DK. Cheers.

But just like M$, you have to pay double the normal price for the Ubuntu
OS with Quad-Core support... ;-)




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Joe illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:19:54 +0000, Moog wrote:
>
>> De Kameel illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>> Moog wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pete illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>>>> Can the latest Ubuntu use/exploit the Core2 Quad Processor? (Intel®
>>>>> Coreâ„¢2 Quad Processor Q6600)
>>>>
>>>> Yes. Ubuntu is multi-core capable.
>>>>
>>>> You'll need the 64 bit version
>>>
>>> Why is that? Do you mean a 32 bit version won't run on the Core 2 Quad?
>>
>> Nope. The 32 bit version will certainly work. I hadn't properly looked
>> into it.
>>
>> Just a quick Google tells me the SMP Kernel is installed if it detects
>> multi-core on either. So either is fine.
>>
>> Thanks for pointing this out DK. Cheers.
>
> But just like M$, you have to pay double the normal price for the Ubuntu
> OS with Quad-Core support... ;-)

Two pints of beer instead of one? ;-)

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"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the
leather straps."

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:23:29 +0000, Moog wrote:

> Joe illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>> But just like M$, you have to pay double the normal price for the
>> Ubuntu OS with Quad-Core support... ;-)
>
> Two pints of beer instead of one? ;-)

Double nothing is still nothing... ;-)

I am not sure about current versions (Vista), but previous releases of
Windows only allowed for 2 CPU's unless you went to the server versions.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Home line only takes advantage of 2
Cores...




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Joe illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:23:29 +0000, Moog wrote:
>
>> Joe illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>> But just like M$, you have to pay double the normal price for the
>>> Ubuntu OS with Quad-Core support... ;-)
>>
>> Two pints of beer instead of one? ;-)
>
> Double nothing is still nothing... ;-)

Absolutely.

> I am not sure about current versions (Vista), but previous releases of
> Windows only allowed for 2 CPU's unless you went to the server versions.
> I wouldn't be surprised if the Home line only takes advantage of 2
> Cores...

I think most Vista's are multi-core capable from the off. Including
Home Basic.

In fact, I beleive most vista's need two cores to even boot ***
;-)

*** (BTW. This is a joke...laugh, don't flame)

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