Hi! My advice would be MATE. Runs perfectly on D8 and may be installed during setup. Great choice for those, who liked gnome2.
2015-08-14 6:04 GMT+03:00 Seeker <seeker5...@comcast.net>: > > > On 8/13/2015 4:58 AM, Bret Busby wrote: > > On 13/08/2015, didier gaumet <didier.gau...@gmail.com> > <didier.gau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Le 13/08/2015 12:13, Bret Busby a écrit : > > > i386 is 686, and not 586 .... ????? > > Yes, I think that 386 Ubuntu Linux images are build with 686 instruction > set compatibility. 386 meaning here x86. > > Anyway, you might have a way to force enabling PAE on your Celeron in > Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE > > Thank you. > > That is how I managed to initially install the operating system. > > I have not tried, and, do not know how, to apply that fix as part of a > kernel upgrade, and thence, I can not either update, or, add packages > to, that computer, within that operating system installation. > > I guess it is now just a permanent bug in Ubuntu "i386", if the > problem does not apply to kernels outside Ubuntu. > > > Here is the message I missed. ;) > > Looks like you may have missed the '-- forcepae' part of the 'forcepae -- > forcepae' that signals the installer > to use the forcepae option in the installed system. Or if you did upgrade > the kernel previously, could still > be a bug somewhere that caused the forcepae option to be lost. > > There is a bug report here > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1307105 > > With instructions.... > > *Are you still booting with the forcepae option? If not, you'll need to > add it.* > > *gksu gedit /etc/default/grub* > > *Make GRUB_CMDLINE_**LINUX_DEFAULT line look like:* > * GRUB_CMDLINE_**LINUX_DEFAULT=**"quiet splash forcepae"* > > *Save. Quit. Run:* > * sudo update-grub* > > *Reboot and try the update again.* > Later, Seeker > -- Best regards, Roman.
