I 64-bit for the sole purpose of using it. My hope is that if enough people use it, the stingy close-source folk will be forced to fix their junks.
That and I needs me mah extra 32 bits! j/k On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote: > On 06/07/2012 01:29 PM, Jim March wrote: > >> if you install 32bit Ubunu Precise (or likely it's >> derivatives like Mint 12) it will auto-detect 4gig and install a PAE >> 32bit kernel. >> > > <FWIW> > > Ubuntu 12.4 (aka Precise) doesn't appear to me to do any auto-detecting. I > think that Ubuntu 12.4 installs PAE regardless of the amount of RAM. That's > what it did when I upgraded one host from 11.4 (Natty) w/ 2G. Only PAE > kernels in my /boot now, where 11.4 had both PAE and non-PAE kernels. > > Oddly though, my Mythbuntu 12.4 (upgraded from 11.10) backend w/ 512M ram > has only the non-PAE kernels. Looks as though at least one downstream > distro isn't consistent in this regard. > > </FWIW> > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > plug-disc...@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us<PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> > -- James McPhee jmc...@gmail.com
--------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
