There comes a point where hardware becomes obsolete. Ubuntu itself is not aiming to be for low end machines and for a desktop is that is trying to hit the more cutting edge market last decades equipment is a waste of resources. I can understand why they're cutting it.
As time goes on support for old systems will be dropped. But also, time turns new systems into old systems. For the people still using a pentium, it really is time for a new computer. The Pentium came out in 93 and the Pentium Just in 97. They had good runs. On Nov 18, 2011 7:46 PM, "Phill Whiteside" <phi...@vpolink.com> wrote: > > Hiyas JM, > > So there is no need to support the dropping of chip sets at 10.04, and none of at the next release? > > If Lubuntu cannot support old hardware, as julien has argued & pleaded about.... > > What is the point of Lubuntu? > > Have a think of that question. It is one I have been asked many times, and is it exactly things like this that let me say me say "This is the point"... > > regards, > > Phill. > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Jonathan Marsden <jmars...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >> >> On Friday, November 18, 2011 7:43 PM, "Matthew Byers" >> <faintstlsa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Yes it will affect Pentium II. >> >> Evidence, please? That is not what the original email said at all. It >> is also not what all the info I have on which CPUs can do PAE says. >> >> As far as I know, Pentium Pro and Pentium II CPUs all can do PAE, except >> for some 400MHz Pentium M mobile CPUs. >> >> As I understand the email, and based on by fading memory of which CPUs >> do PAE, requiring PAE will only exclude Pentium I, a few 400MHz Pentium >> M, really old AMD chips, and the "less known" alternatives such as the >> Geode and the VIA C3. >> >> All normal Pentium II processors should handle PAE just fine. It looks >> like wikipedia agrees with this (not that it is always 100% accurate, >> but still, it's an easy to find online source). >> >> Do you have info (or real world experience) that indicates otherwise? >> >> *If* this proposed change makes it impractical to run on a Pentium II, >> we need to stand up and be counted. If (as I suspect) it only prevents >> use on Pentium I, really old AMD, VIA C3 and Geode, then ... that's a >> much smaller population of still-working computers, and I suggest we >> let it slide. >> >> Jonathan >> -- >> Jonathan Marsden >> jmars...@fastmail.fm >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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