No, we have to rely on kernel in the repositories. Regards, Julien Lavergne
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:43:45 +0300 Matthew Byers <faintstlsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes it will affect Pentium II. Do we have options of compiling the > kernel within lubuntu to continue support. > > 2011/11/18 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) <rafaellag...@gmail.com> > > > But there're Lubuntu users on Pentium II and similar machines. In fact > > they're happy an OS can handle those "trashy" computers and make them > > useable. > > > > Will this affect those users? > > > > > > > > <http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/> <http://www.lubuntu.net/> > > > > > > > > 2011/11/18 Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> > > > >> I forgot to forward this mail from ubuntu-devel, it may have an impact on > >> Lubuntu since we shared the same kernel. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Julien Lavergne > >> > >> Begin forwarded message: > >> > >> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:43:28 -0700 > >> From: Tim Gardner <tim.gard...@canonical.com> > >> To: Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-t...@lists.ubuntu.com>, > >> ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com > >> Subject: Dropping i386 non-PAE as a supported kernel flavour in Precise > >> Pangolin > >> > >> > >> Per discussion at UDS the kernel team is proposing to drop the non-PAE > >> i386 flavour. The upgrade path for non-PAE users will be the PAE kernel. > >> Those CPUs that do not have i686 and PAE support will be orphaned. To > >> the best of my knowledge, these include Intel CPUs prior to Pentium II, > >> 400Mhz Pentium M, VIA C3, and Geode LX. As far as I know, there are no > >> laptop or desktop class CPUs being produced that do not meet these > >> minimum requirements. > >> > >> Before I do something that is difficult to revert, I would like to hear > >> from the development community why we should continue to maintain a > >> kernel flavour that is (in my opinion) getting increasingly low > >> utilization. It is my feeling that an extremely high percentage of users > >> of the non-PAE kernel have a CPU that is PAE capable. > >> > >> If there is sufficient community demand (and support), I would be > >> willing to sponsor the first non-PAE kernel upload to Universe. > >> > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Specs/PreciseKernelConfigReview > >> > >> We'll be conducting a similar survey for powerpc. > >> > >> rtg > >> > >> P.S. For those of you that are totally confused by this email, PAE > >> (Physical Address Extension) was an addition to 32 bit x86 CPUs that > >> allowed them to address more then 4GB physical memory. > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension > >> -- > >> Tim Gardner tim.gard...@canonical.com > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-devel mailing list > >> ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > >> Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > -- > God Bless -- Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
