[lubuntu-devel] non pae

[Nio Wiklund]

I'll try to do that

Den 2016-03-11 kl. 20:35, skrev Phill. Whiteside:
> Hi Nio,
>
> we have until 22nd March before B2 testing, so if you'd be so kind as to
> draft up some instructions I'll set up a mini-page as a spreadsheet so
> volunteers can record results. I think such a thing will also be
> invaluable as we move to wards dual running with LXQt so we have a
> common set of benchmarks to test against.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Phill.
>
> On 11 March 2016 at 18:41, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
> <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Phill,
>
>     The kernel has increased in size and it needs more RAM than before.
>     Maybe systemd also means that Lubuntu needs more RAM than before. In
>     order to know the exact figures, I think someone really needs to
>     test it (which does take time to perform).
>
>     I am quite busy nowadays. Maybe we can ask someone (else) to do it.
>     I can help by describing how to do it (and to get some kind of
>     comparison between Xenial and Trusty).
>
>     Best regards
>     Nio
>
>     Den 2016-03-11 kl. 18:24, skrev Phill. Whiteside:
>
>         Thanks Nio,
>
>         I've prepped up the +1 page 'Advanced Methods' page for our upcoming
>         16.04 LTS [1]. From my reading of the page, it is mainly to see
>         if there
>         has been further 'RAM creep' for the minimum required from 14.04
>         to 16.04.
>
>         Comments from you (and everyone else) greatly appreciated.
>
>         Regards,
>
>         Phill.
>         1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/AdvancedMethods+1
>
>         On 11 March 2016 at 16:24, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>         <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>>>
>         wrote:
>
>              Den 2016-03-11 kl. 16:29, skrev Phill. Whiteside:
>
>                  Hi,
>
>                  can you recall at which release we no longer needed to
>         add the
>                  force-pae
>                  flag for the 'M' series CPU's.
>
>                  Thanks,
>
>                  Phill.
>
>
>              Hi Phill,
>
>              *non-pae*
>
>              I think that the last version of the Ubuntu flavours with a
>         non-pae
>              kernel is 12.04 LTS (kernel series 3.2). Lubuntu, Xubuntu and
>              mini.iso were available with non-pae kernels (but not standard
>              Ubuntu, and I don't know about the other flavours). 12.10
>         and later
>              versions have only PAE 32-bit kernels (and 64-bit kernels).
>
>         https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu-fake-PAE
>
>         http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/
>
>              *fake-pae*
>
>              Fake-pae was used for Lubuntu 13.04 and 13.10. (Remember that
>              Lubuntu 12.04 was supported for 18 months, so it overlapped
>         Raring
>              in time.)
>
>              *forcepae*
>
>              We need no longer use fake-pae (installed via a ppa).
>         Instead we
>              need the boot option forcepae, which was introduced with
>         14.04 LTS
>              (kernel series 3.13). I have tested forcepae with my IBM
>         Thinkpad
>              T42 (with Pentium M) and it works also with 15.10 and
>         Xenial (to be
>              released as 16.04 LTS).
>
>              Best regards
>              Nio
>
>
>
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