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

[Anil Vishnoi]

Ravi Kumar wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:51 PM, K Ramnarayan <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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.
>
>
>
Yes i agree on this point