On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 10:13 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote:
> If your spare wireless PCI card doesn't work, have a look at the list of
> supported cards [1] before buying anything.
The whole process went far quicker and easier than I'd expected. After
playing around for an hour or so trying to get the
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 09:15 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 07:54 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> > How much memory has this machine got? If it's under 4GB I'd say stick
> > with the 32-Bit version.
>
> Thanks everyone for your help here. It only has one Gig of memory
> anyway, and
> Only thing I have to try now is getting a
> wireless connection working - I have a spare wireless pci card, but if I
> cant get Ubuntu to find that, I'm sure I can add something on. Her next
> door neighbour has offered to let her log on to the next door hub!!
>
> Thanks again, Barry.
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 07:54 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> How much memory has this machine got? If it's under 4GB I'd say stick
> with the 32-Bit version.
Thanks everyone for your help here. It only has one Gig of memory
anyway, and as it seems to work OK from the Lucid live CD (32 bit), I'll
go fo
On 20/06/10 22:45, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
> Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64
> bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor). Also, any thoughts
> from anyone who has expe
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 23:08 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> 32-bit Ubuntu copes just fine with more than 4GB RAM these days. It
> autodetects during the install and installs the PAE kernel. It works
> just fine, whatever some people might say :)
True. I keep forgetting about the PAE kernel.
>
> The m
On 20 June 2010 23:06, Bruno Girin wrote:
> Has it got more than 4GB RAM? If yes, maybe. If not, use 32bit ISO.
>
32-bit Ubuntu copes just fine with more than 4GB RAM these days. It
autodetects during the install and installs the PAE kernel. It works
just fine, whatever some people might say :)
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 22:45 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
> Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64
> bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor). Also, any thoughts
> from an
On 20 June 2010 22:45, Barry Drake wrote:
> I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
> Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64
> bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor).
"No."
:)
Or..
"What does your daughter plan to do with
Hi there
I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64
bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor). Also, any thoughts
from anyone who has experience of the Optiplex 740?
Thanks, Barr
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