What Version To Install On iMac?

September 06th, 2012 - 08:00 pm ET by whitebuck777 | Report spam
Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download for installing on iMac with specifications shown below.

Thank you, William G.

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9583
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B2250L-259
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.259
Displays:
iMac:
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
Display Connector:


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#1 T Elcor
September 07th, 2012 - 02:30 am ET | Report spam
Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download for installing on iMac with specifications shown below.

Model Name:    iMac
Model Identifier:    iMac8,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo



amd64 or i386 both should work, I would go with amd64 (see http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/ ).

I would also install Debian 7 (wheezy) as Debian 6 will probably be deprecated soon.

HTH


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