On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:08:17 -0600
PYROcomp <rexmo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> <qoute>- You don't have to throw away your old machine, since it will revamp
> a machine starting from a P2* and above giving you a full and ready to use
> desktop in your own language.
> </quote>
> 
> Does the 11.04 edition in fact run on P2s?   As I understand it support for
> old CPUs was dropped from the latest kernels...
> 
> 
>From 10.10 the 32 bit version was/is compiled for i686 instruction set which 
>was first introduced with the Pentium.  There are also more modern CPU's like 
>the Geode and XCore86 that are not fully i686 compatible and require software 
>compiled for i586 or early, so need to be used with 10.04.

-- 
Steve Cook (Yorvyk)

http://lubuntu.net 

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