04-07-2015, 11:16 AM
Just to pick up and perhaps clarify the point which goldfinger and I have been discussing about entering forcepae twice during bootup. It certainly seems a lot easier and simpler than having to manually edit the grub file after installation.
I haven't actually tried doing this yet, as I'm still playing around with Live sessions and researching the forums, and have not yet permanently installed any Linux OS on my old Dell. But I notice that the Ubuntu guidance to which I linked earlier, which describes the steps for entering forcepae twice, refers to this being a new(ish) option related to 14.04 and later.
Now I haven't yet quite got my head around 12.04, 14.04 and all that. But in my simple mind this has to to with the "base" on which the various versions of the various distros are built. In motoring terms, it's the chassis, on which Lubuntu, Lite, Mint or whoever then puts the coachbuilt bodywork!
So..... if this option to enter forcepae twice as a way of permanently enabling pae on a Pentium M computer or similar is a development that comes with use of the 14.04 "base", then the obvious question is: are Linux Lite 2.x and newer versions (or indeed the latest Mint) based on 14.04?
Thanks also to goldfinger for the step-by-step on how to edit the grub file. I'm bookmarking that for eventual use if necessary after I have done the installation.
Separately - to Rob (N4RPS), I tend to agree that adding RAM to my old Dell will help (I must look at sources/costs of extra RAM).
For what it's worth, the other lightweight non-pae distro which I have already tried out in Live session on my old laptop is LXLE. A variant on Lubuntu, I believe, and quite user-friendly, although to be honest I find Linux Lite and Linux Mint Xfce much more attractive.
I haven't actually tried doing this yet, as I'm still playing around with Live sessions and researching the forums, and have not yet permanently installed any Linux OS on my old Dell. But I notice that the Ubuntu guidance to which I linked earlier, which describes the steps for entering forcepae twice, refers to this being a new(ish) option related to 14.04 and later.
Now I haven't yet quite got my head around 12.04, 14.04 and all that. But in my simple mind this has to to with the "base" on which the various versions of the various distros are built. In motoring terms, it's the chassis, on which Lubuntu, Lite, Mint or whoever then puts the coachbuilt bodywork!
So..... if this option to enter forcepae twice as a way of permanently enabling pae on a Pentium M computer or similar is a development that comes with use of the 14.04 "base", then the obvious question is: are Linux Lite 2.x and newer versions (or indeed the latest Mint) based on 14.04?
Thanks also to goldfinger for the step-by-step on how to edit the grub file. I'm bookmarking that for eventual use if necessary after I have done the installation.
Separately - to Rob (N4RPS), I tend to agree that adding RAM to my old Dell will help (I must look at sources/costs of extra RAM).
For what it's worth, the other lightweight non-pae distro which I have already tried out in Live session on my old laptop is LXLE. A variant on Lubuntu, I believe, and quite user-friendly, although to be honest I find Linux Lite and Linux Mint Xfce much more attractive.