I have built a non PAE kernel from the 14.04 system, I'm not too sure how many spins use it, but http://bentovillage.org/bento/ and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI certainly do.
regards, Phill. On 9 December 2014 at 17:33, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9 December 2014 at 18:22, George DiceGeorge <dicegeo...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Why doesnt the bootup from CD interrogate the PC > > and give useful advice about what to install > > if the version on the install CD needs a more powerful PC or more RAM > etc? > > > > I defected from Xubtuntu to Lubuntu because I thought it would work on > > almost all old PCs, > > but now I'm told it needs PAE CPU > > and may crash inelegantly if the PC's too old for Lubuntu > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension > > Ubuntu is trying to be a profit-making business. Rightly or wrongly, > its main interest is developing an OS for modern and recent PCs, not > legacy kit. > > It doesn't want users staying on old versions. It wants them all > current. Apple has achieved a very high degree of this by making OS > updates free and pushing them with ads and notifications and warnings > at users -- but the upgrades are also quite painless. Ubuntu has a way > to go. > > But what it's extremely unlikely to do is recommend that people > install new copies of old versions! > > I disagree with the PAE move, but asking for the boot media to > recommend an old version is just not realistic. ForcePAE is very > helpful and might be enough to keep most people with older kit working > for now. > > Replacement cycles for PCs are short, but they are getting longer, > because since about 2007, PCs stopped doubling in speed every 18mth. > The industry, sadly, has yet to adjust to this... > > > > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven > MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven > Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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