I know that this is a bug report and not a forum. But my 2
cents... First, it's a damn shame the Pentium M shipped without PAE,
otherwise this would not really be as much of an issue. I don't use my
Pentium M any more but it was a great machine, and I am planning to give
it to someone to use shortly. Other than lack of PAE it's a significant
upgrade for them...
1) Regarding the argument that people should just upgrade
hardware... this isn't the Linux way. Linux (and UNIX before that in
general...) let people keep using their system until it was either too
slow, or they couldn't cram enough RAM into it, to run current software.
Not forced obsolescence. I would say, if anything, those running 4GB+
of RAM should be encouraged to get a 64-bit system, rather than
expecting people who have already shown they are not interested in the
upgrade treadmill (by having old non-PAE systems) to replace a working
system.
2) 2 constructive solutions. I would ship the CD with the non-PAE
kernel, then have a little something similar to the "Additional Drivers"
app that runs on first boot and presents the option of installing a PAE
kernel on PAE-capable systems. (As opposed to the current situation
where I'm sure some users miss out on PAE's benefits since they have to
know to choose it in the package manager, this would allow a 1-click
choice.)
Barring that, I do urge Canonical et al. to at least have an
alternate non-PAE build available (at least once it's out of alpha),
perhaps just note that Pentium M users should select this build. I'd
guess there are more Ubuntu users with Pentium Ms than users of the
Ubuntu ARM builds (as much as I'd love to have an ARM notebook, I
don't...)
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Unable to Install Ubuntu 12.04 on Pentium M x86 Laptop due to PAE
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