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The regular auto-update installs the -generic linux image on my machine intel core i3 machine. Is it better to use -i386 kernel? What kind of machines -generic linux image supports?

The comment #5 at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/88693 is about the OpenGL applications are become faster on -i386 kernel instead of -generic images. Is it as expected?

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That bug report is marked as "Invalid", which means the bug report was never a valid bug. Therefore, referring to that bug is not useful in any way shape or form. – The Lord of Time Jun 20 '12 at 15:25

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As far as I know, -generic is just a metapackage that pulls in the latest kernel for your architecture (presumably 64bit). That bug report is very old and I don't think it should have any effect.

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