[sf-lug] installing minimal debian and building on that

[Alex Kleider]

I've been following the discussion of Desktop and window manager options 
with interest and would like to try my hand at beginning with a minimal 
(terminal only) installation and then gradually building  a 'to suit my 
needs' system.

My first hurdle is which of the following to choose:
"""
The following are image files. Choose your processor architecture below.
     amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips mips64el mipsel ppc64el s390x
"""

Here's the first part of the output of sudo cat /proc/cpuinfo:
"""
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model       : 23
model name  : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     U9400  @ 1.40GHz
stepping    : 6
microcode   : 0x60f
cpu MHz     : 1401.000
cache size  : 3072 KB
physical id : 0
siblings    : 2
core id     : 0
cpu cores   : 2
apicid      : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu     : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp      : yes
flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca 
cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall 
nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 
monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm 
kaiser tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority dtherm ida
bugs        : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf
bogomips    : 2792.87
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
"""

I think the amd64 version is the one I want but perhaps it's i386?
Thanks in advance.
Alex
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Alex Kleider
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