On 20/06/10 22:45, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
> Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64
> bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor). Also, any thoughts
> from anyone who has expe
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 23:08 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> 32-bit Ubuntu copes just fine with more than 4GB RAM these days. It
> autodetects during the install and installs the PAE kernel. It works
> just fine, whatever some people might say :)
True. I keep forgetting about the PAE kernel.
>
> The m
On 20 June 2010 23:06, Bruno Girin wrote:
> Has it got more than 4GB RAM? If yes, maybe. If not, use 32bit ISO.
>
32-bit Ubuntu copes just fine with more than 4GB RAM these days. It
autodetects during the install and installs the PAE kernel. It works
just fine, whatever some people might say :)
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 22:45 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
> Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64
> bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor). Also, any thoughts
> from an
On 20 June 2010 22:45, Barry Drake wrote:
> I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
> Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64
> bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor).
"No."
:)
Or..
"What does your daughter plan to do with
Hi there
I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64
bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor). Also, any thoughts
from anyone who has experience of the Optiplex 740?
Thanks, Barr
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:21:09 +0100, mac wrote:
> Juan R. de Silva wrote:
>
>> I'm always bothered with the articles of the kind. Their are of no
>> interest to an expert and at the same time do not provide any help to a
>> novice...
>> I know from my own past experience that such articles are in
On 19 June 2010 20:48, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Trying to figure out what went wrong with an Ubuntu install.
>
> Prior to install
>
> XP on SATA0 160GB
> Storage (NTFS) on SATA1, 2x 80GB partitions (how it's been for years)
> Vista on PATA0 40GB with boot loader
>
> Then installed 80GB on SATA2 to i
