[sf-lug] (forw) Re: distro for an ageing laptop

[Rick Moen]

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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 08:08:10 -0500
From: mandog <kelvinat at gmail.com>
To: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
Subject: Re: [sf-lug] distro for an ageing laptop

If you really want to use that old thinkpad you need it lightweight
JWM wm fits the bill very nicely hard to initially set up the 1st time
look on the architect g+ page I have a couple of screen-shots  on
their runs very well with Obarun arch systemd Free and on regular
arch, On use the Manjaro version not a light on resources unless pamac
update notifier  is disabled but Is fully functional.

On 25/03/2017, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Daniel Gimpelevich (daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us):
>
>> On Sat, 2017-03-25 at 19:45 -0700, Alex Kleider wrote:
>> > This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU:
>> > pae
>>
>> I started reading this thread only a few minutes ago, from the
>> beginning, and I knew from the first message that further down the
>> thread I would see the above. I too need an answer to the question this
>> thread was started to ask....
>
> Your answers to the 'PAE-not-present, installing *buntu' question are here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE
>
> Alex (& Daniel and any others), try first the extra boot-time parameters
> mentioned a the top of that page.  Basically, some Pentium M CPUs are
> capable of PAE operation despite not issuing a 'pae' CPU flag.
>
> The page also lists other workarounds, in case that doesn't work.
>
> Or, of course, you can install a distro whose IA32 edition's installer
> images offer a non-PAE installation kernel, hence don't require PAE.
> There are many, many.
>
>
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