[ubuntu-uk] Increasing start up problems since upgrade to 10.04

[Rob Beard]

On 11/06/10 20:34, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 11 June 2010 18:41, Rob Beard<rob at esdelle.co.uk>  wrote:
>> Actually I was able to use the full 4GB on my notebook with 32-Bit
>> Ubuntu.  IIRC on older versions (I believe 9.04 and lower) I had to use
>> the server kernel, but on newer versions it just worked.
>>
>
> The newer installers (karmic onwards) detect when you have more than
> 3GB RAM and install the PAE kernel. Contrary to Liams protests about
> PAE it works just fine, and there's no config.sys, DOS=HIGH or LIM/EMS
> in sight :)
>
>> Saying that I'm running the 64-Bit version at the moment although I am
>> seriously considering going back to the 32-Bit version as some stuff I
>> have has niggly problems (I can't for the life of me get the LogMeIn
>> plugin working and I can't figure out the plugin wrapper).
>>
>
> My desktop is 64-bit and I have zero issues. Interesting that all the
> issues I had in the past revolved around proprietary nonsense like
> Zattoo, Skype and Flash. Slowly these people are sorting themselves
> out, although Adobe seem to be on self-destruct.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>

Yeah, I've just seen the post about 64-Bit Flash on Linux.  Hey ho, at 
least I've got the choice, I can go back to 32-Bit if I wish.  I might 
stick to 32-Bit on my desktop but go over to 64-Bit on my server when I 
upgrade the hardware later on this year.

Rob