86 posts tagged “gnu/linux”

According to http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/534 Intel initially chose not to extend their IA-32 processor family to 64 bits, preferring to promote their own but incompatible HP PA-RISC based IA-64 "Itanium" processor family !

but then Intel adopted AMD's 64-bit extensions into their IA-32 processor family, calling them "Intel 64" (aka IA-32e and EMT64). Final generation Pentium 4 & D, Celeron D, and Xeon processors and all "Core 2" based processors now include AMD compatible 64-bit extensions.

To add to the confusion https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ProcessorArch lists a few dozen Intel processors but doesn't make it clear which type a Pentium DualCore is ! Which is what my Compaq A900 notebook says it has in it !

I have 4G of RAM that I have only been able to access 3G of so far (with 4 different OS's)

Update :
It seems that my Pentium DualCore has PAE (?) support and when I install from the Xubuntu x86 (32-bit ?) CD I CAN see all 4G ! So what benefits if any would I get from using the Xubuntu 64-bit (AMD64) CD instead ?

My SONY PIII says it is:
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor    : 0
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 6
model        : 13
model name    : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.50GHz
cpuid level    : 2
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe up bts est tm2

My Compaq Pentium Dual Core says it is:
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor    : 0
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 6
model        : 15
model name    : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  T2390  @ 1.86GHz
cpuid level    : 10
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm

Bizarre Google OpenSuse Chromium Chrome OS bugs

1. The Chromium Chrome Browser OS doesnt run on the Chromium Chrome OS live cd !
2. After you install to hard disk it does !
3. But then theres still a Install icon left on your desktop after you've installed !

google suse chrome os & chrome browser

Proof that Google Chromium OS is in fact OpenSuse 11.1 !

google opensuse chrome os

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and Google Chromium OS running Google Chromium Browser !

google opensuse chrome chromium os

Oracle Enterprise Linux (and Oracle VM) is freely RE-distributable !
http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Unbreakable+Linux

Yes, it's free download but also free to re-distribute including copyrights and trademarks, see the EULA for more details.

And theres now a public yum server for OEL that offers a free and convenient way to install packages from the Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM installation media via a yum client.

moblin is the new mobile gnu/linux distro

Edubuntu 9.04 brings new application bundles that group educational software by grade level.

You can install from the Education category in the "Add/Remove..." entry in the Applications menu or installing the following packages using your favorite package manager:

• ubuntu-edu-preschool - Preschool ( < 5 years old) educational application bundle
• ubuntu-edu-primary - Primary ( ages 6-12) educational application bundle
• ubuntu-edu-secondary - Secondary ( ages 13-18) educational application bundle
• ubuntu-edu-tertiary - Tertiary ( university level ) educational application bundle

Ubuntu 9.04 http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

If you are getting fed up with your HP Photosmart C4585 All-In-One Printer becoming unresponsive, losing connection, crashing or hanging once a week you may be interested in the following "critical" firmware and software updates:

• http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=oj-68384
• http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=oj-67880

that i came across just before i was going to try and file an official bug report with HP ! So thank you HP for your updates and for all your HP Printer GNU/Linux drivers

All I have to do now is borrow someone's windoz PC so i can run your firmware upgrade EXE !

HP Photosmart C4500 C4585 All-In-One Printer

SYS-CON Magazines:

• http://linux.sys-con.com/
• http://php.sys-con.com/
• http://soa.sys-con.com/
• http://virtualization.sys-con.com/
  

The alpha release of Ubuntu Delivered by rPath is now available as a platform selection on rBuilder Online.

Create the appliance using the latest version of Ubuntu Delivered by rPath.

Goto the rBuilder Online's web interface:

1. Click "Create /Edit product version"
2. Select "Ubuntu Hardy Delivered by rPath" from the drop down menu

RBuilder Online - Create New Product Version

Note that as part of taking Ubuntu Delivered by rPath beyond its current alpha status, we have been making changes to our infrastructure to better support this platform. Because of the nature of these changes, updates to existing appliances based on Ubuntu Delivered by rPath will fail and need to be rebuilt and redeployed.