4GB RAM slows down ubuntu

[Shannon McMackin]

femi71 at web.de wrote:
>>> Now after installing kubuntu with kernel 2.6.24-24-generic the problem is the same: 3GB are ok, 4GB slow down the system dramatically (2, 3 times slower). 
>> Under 32 bits you hae to run with a special PAE kernel (available in the 
>> repos, I forget the name but someone will know) in order to access that 
>> much ram.
> 
> Sorry, i forgot to mention that i have a 32bit CPU. How to use the PAE kernel? Do i have to download it and compile myself?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Günther
> ______________________________________________________
> GRATIS für alle WEB.DE-Nutzer: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT!
> Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de
> 
> 
it will be the server version of the kernel.  Karmic has a generic-pae 
kernel, but it's still at Alpha 3.