Comment 18 for bug 104512

Richard: thanks for the link to the 1.7 beta stuff. Keep in mind that Intel x64 is binary compatible (the same instruction set) as AMD64, so you should be able to test the new release on your Intel system without problems. The builds are generally called "amd64" on Linux simply because AMD invented the new 64 bit instructions, and Intel copied them later, not to denote a chip specific build.

In any case, does anyone know if there are any Debian or Ubuntu packages available for this new Java beta?