Ravi Kumar wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:51 PM, K Ramnarayan <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > See article below, > > Start Article > > Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Won't Run On Processors Below i686 > http://www.webupd8.org/2010/06/ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat-wont-run.html > If you're planning on using Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat on a > computer with a > processor older than i686, well... you can't. > > Ubuntu 10.10 will be dropping support for i386-i586 processors so > it can take > advantage of the i686 optimizations. > > > But there seem to be some issues with this: even some new > processors which are > especially designed for low power consumption are i586. Such a > processor is > the Geode LX800 - a pretty new processor for which a bug has been > filled on > Launchpad but which most probably won't be fixed since Geode LX800 > is a i586 > processor. > > > Thanks to Manish for the heads up! > > end article > *** > > My Thoughts: > > I thought that such moves were what M$ and FrApple would have > done, make > existing hard ware obsolete. If this is true its absolutely > terrible news for > ubuntu fans, what it might mean is migrating to another linux > which will > support a wider range of processors. > > What do other folks think about this > > ** > To find out what processor you have use this in the command line > > -$ uname -m > > ** > > ram > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > Perhaps to me, this is a great news. Old hardware are not going to > survive anymore. Where do one find the Motherboards/RAMS/PATA-HDD etc > if one got to replace it. The Manufacturers already had obsoleted it. > So, its really safe time to take such move. And, it will give better > optimizations. > > And there are always rare-cases (else, why the word RARE). I am sure, > it would not disappoint 99.99% of ubuntu users. > > > Yes i agree on this point
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