I thought 12.04 had a non-PAE kernel and it was dropped in 12.10. I think it was just made non-default and not available in the installer in 12.04.
Scott K On Tuesday, April 09, 2013 03:59:51 PM David Gumberg wrote: > For those of you who are wondering, the reason older machines can't run > 12.10 or 12.04, it's because the kernel uses PAE (it's a method to have > more than 4 gigs of ram on a 32-bit operating system I think), and for > those of you who have hardware that doesn't support PAE, the two good > alternatives are LXLE and Fedora (LXDE spin). If you want something more > upstream, go with the Fedora, but if for some reason you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO > have that Debian/buntu experience I'd go with LXLE (Lubuntu Extra-Life > Edition), it's Lubuntu 12.04 with a couple of tweaks, and it uses a non-PAE > kernel. I've tried and used both of them, and and Fedora is a bit more > vanilla LXDE so I prefer it, but both alternatives are awesome! > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been discussing this issue and Lubuntu 12.04 being 100% LTS or not > > [1] and all the confusion about "will Lubuntu still support my very old > > machine or not?" for the last two weeks or maybe more. > > > > Long story short, I will jump in and find out myself some if not all the > > answers that our users are seeking and looking for. > > > > http://phillw.net/isos/lubuntu/lucid/ > > I'm downloading Lubuntu 10.04 right now from the above link. > > > > I will install it once done on my test machine. > > I need to see myself what is going on and the EOL for the 10.04 Desktop > > version is coming soon, less than a month. That will be really interesting > > > > :) > > > > As you know/may know, each release has different Kernel [2]. Some machines > > can't use 12.04 or 12.10 because the support had been dropped/stopped. So, > > if you guys have Qs about that, you do now know who is doing the test and > > experiments. > > > > Thank you! > > > > [1] - http://i46.tinypic.com/i24igz.jpg > > > > [2] - > > http://amjjawad.blogspot.com/2013/04/lubuntu-and-very-old-machines.html<ht > > tp://amjjawad.blogspot.ae/2013/04/lubuntu-and-very-old-machines.html>> > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Phill Whiteside <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I have an update for 10.04 > >> > >> *Ending Ubuntu Desktop support just means that we no longer release > >> desktop- > >> related updates, the repository won't (can't) go away and be archived, > >> since > >> server, as you note, still depends on it. In that sense, lucid in > >> general > >> is "supported" for another three years. Nothing changes for people, they > >> just won't get non-server SRUs and security updates from Canonical, nor > >> is > >> there a community commitment to make them. > >> > >> So, your users don't need to do anything. Kernels will keep getting > >> updated, > >> and life goes on.* > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Phill. > >> > >> On 29 March 2013 21:21, Phill Whiteside <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi Folks, > >>> > >>> just so everyone knows. The up coming EOL dates were a little bit > >>> staggered on the exact dates. To bring everything together, the Release > >>> Team have decided upon the following. > >>> > >>> The following releases will all reach End Of Life on May 9th 2013. > >>> > >>> Hardy 8.04 (Server) > >>> Ubuntu 10.04 (Desk Top) > >>> Ubuntu 11.10 > >>> > >>> As 10.04 is supported on server until 2015 thus giving such people at > >>> least a chance of still receiving kernel updates, I have asked if there > >>> is > >>> a way for the 10.04 lubuntu desktop to continue to receive the kernel > >>> updates for lubuntu 10.04 desktop for those of whom the dropping of the > >>> old > >>> chip sets is the only option they have. > >>> > >>> The area at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases has been updated by the > >>> team to reflect the revised dates. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Phill. > >>> -- > >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > >> > >> -- > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > >> > >> -- > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-wiki-docs > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-wiki-docs > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > > *Best Regards, > > amjjawad* > > *https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/* > > Lubuntu One Stop Thread > > <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755>| > > My Launchpad <https://launchpad.net/%7Eamjjawad> | My Ubuntu Forum > > Profile<http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=941822> ** > > > > -- > > Lubuntu-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality
