> > Does the 11.04 edition in fact run on P2s? > > Yes. > > > As I understand it support for old CPUs was dropped from the latest > kernels... > > Maybe we need to add this to the Lubuntu FAQ, or something. It is already > on the main Lubntu wiki page, but seems to be either not being read, or not > being understood? > > If you feel that you were mislead by unclear wording on the wiki page at > > http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu > > please say so, and suggest clearer wording we can use. Thanks! >
This is a REXMO FAIL, sorry . I will in future read the wiki closely. > > More detailed explanation: > > The Intel CPU architecture that was dropped was the i586 architecture. So > Pentium I, and its relatives including VIA C3, AMD K6, National > Semiconductor and AMD Geode, need to stick with 10.04. > > Pentium II is a P6 "i686" architecture chip, and so should be fine with > 11.04. See > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P6_%28microarchitecture%29#P6_based_chips > > for a list of i686 architechture CPU families. If anyone still has a > working Pentium Pro machine, it should work fine with (L)Ubuntu 11.04, too > :) > > Jonathan > Perhaps this would be a worthwhile project: compiling support for i586? Let me know, if there is enough belief in support for i586 I will suggest it to the sl4mm3r5 group. I for one, +1 Best, REXMO
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