[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Won't Run On Processors Below i686

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:51 PM, K Ramnarayan <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> 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

This is surely a bad news, if not to all, but to some... I think
Ubuntu or rather any Open Source OS should think about making 100%
users happy, and not 99%...
M$ made similar attempt in Vista and they failed, but that was much
bigger change than what ubuntu has made. So I kind of having mixed
reactions to Ubuntu these days...

Looking at recent buzz around Ubuntu, I am try phase out to some other OS...


>
> **
> To find out what processor you have use this in the command line
>
> -$ uname -m
>
> **
>
> ram
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