http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/2828/ 32-bit users with 4GB Ram are now skipped, and these users can then profit from all their valuable RAM chips.

If Ubuntu would provide such a kernel, they would cover the upcoming big memory workstations and laptops.

[117 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2828


]]> en-us Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:51:04 +0000 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:43:26 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2828/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:07:49 +0000
btw, fedora is also offering PAE-kenrels :)]]> Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:40:23 +0000 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:23:36 +0000 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:46:49 +0000 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:18:58 +0000 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:03:29 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:40:35 +0000 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:41:23 +0000 Flaky flash.
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32bit windows apps in wine anyone?
i'm sure there is more. others can add to this list.

I mean come on. Why are they refusing to provide something that was there in the past? I breezy I could
apt-get install linux-image-bigmem. I can still do that in the latest Debian. So somewhere along the line some brilliant person made the decision to remove it.

To force people to got to 64bit just to get their computer to recognize +3GB of ram is ridiculous. What about people running 32bit already and upbraded their ram? do they have to reload the whole OS? or can one just apt-get intall linux-image-x64 ? then have all their ram recongnized?
I think the assumption that people should reload their PCs to 64 bit then wrestle with all the ills that may come along with that is shortsighted. ]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 19:04:54 +0000 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:43:02 +0000
Why not supply a separate package for the 32bit version with the options supporting 64GB Highmem enabled? I ask this question seriously, which good reasons exist for not enabling this while it is perfectely possible? Other linux-distro's can do it, heck, even debian does. (And before you say i am free to choose another distro, i like Ubuntu and would like to stick to it. ;) )

And as an added benefit, supporting more than 4GB would provide 1 more argument to upgrade from another OS to Ubuntu.]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:10:04 +0000
No, you just lose the dependency on it. The server kernel can use restricted modules.

dpkg-query -W linux-restricted*server]]> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:43:26 +0000