Yes, X86_64 packages are compiled for AMD64. It's called X86_64 because
AMD extended the X86 instruction set architecture to allow for 64 bit
words, Intel licensed the architecture and now the each call it AMD64
and Intel64, respectively. They are both X86-64.
On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 02:11 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
> In looking over Debian's package list and the offerings at online Linux
> CD vendors, I'm getting the impression that the X86_64 kernel/distro is
> the same as the AMD64 kernel/distro. Does anyone know if this is true?
>
> Paul
>
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