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

[Chaitanya Pramod]

> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:52:48 +0530
> From: Ravi Kumar <ra21vi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Won't Run On
>        Processors Below i686
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> 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
> >
> > **
> > To find out what processor you have use this in the command line
> >
> > -$ uname -m
> >
> > **
> >
> > ram
> >
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>
> 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.
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I think it is a good move. Why tax more than 90% of users with unoptimized
code and loads of exceptions for the few who use older systems?? May be an
alternate Ubuntu release (like Ubuntu Remix) can be provided for such users
using obsolete hardware.

Chaitanya Pramod
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