Take the 2-minute tour ×  While downloading Fedora Linux, they
offer two options for download that I don't know the difference
to: x86 and i386. So what'sthe difference between them?
share|improve this question In what context? –  Kaleb Pederson
Jan 27 '10 at 6:04 I downloaded fedora12, and it said 1386. I am
aware of both i386 and x86. Now it made me wonder if both were
same. –  X10nD Jan 27 '10 at 6:12 Hurry!! The motherboards are
approaching, I must have an answer. /s –  Charlie Salts Jan 27
'10 at 6:36 add comment  closed as off topic by George Stocker
Nov 27 '12 at 17:41   4 Answers  i386 is just one the first
model in the x86 familly of processors, and instructions sets.
For more informations, you might want to take a look at :
Quoting the second page :  The term x86 refers to a family of
instruction set architectures[1] based on the Intel 8086. The
term is derived from the fact that many early processors that
are backward compatible with the 8086 also had names ending in
"86".  And, quoting the firs