[aklug] Re: greetings

I have never run into that. It may be because I have never run Linux on a
computer with more than 4GB of ram.

I do know there is a switch in the kernel for computers with more than 4GB,
but I've never had reason to set it.

Maybe someone else has some insight on this?

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016, 10:53 AM Robert Halverson <rahalver@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thank you Jim,
> I appreciate it. I am having difficulty with an older laptop. When I try
> to put 14.04 on it, there is pae issue. Internet wisdom says I can force
> it, but not sure if safe, and still trying to figure out how to do it. Any
> experience with that?
> Rob
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>
> *To:* Robert Halverson <rahalver@yahoo.com>; "aklug@aklug.org" <
> aklug@aklug.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:03 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [aklug] greetings
>
> Sorry about nobody being at Hiland Tech Friday. The school district did
> some remodeling that included changing the locks and we haven't been able
> to get a current key.
>
> I don't have any Debian based distributions so I can't help there, but
> there is likely someone on the list that can.
>
> *Jim Gribbin*
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 3:47 PM Robert Halverson <rahalver@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello AKLUG,
> I am new to the system.
> I came to the meeting on Northern Lights yesterday. Including me there
> was one person in attendance.
> We came from Taiwan, and are visiting my parents now in Anchorage.
> Questions:
> I am looking for an iso for a netbook that already has xp on it. I am
> trying to avoid systemd, and like xubuntu 14.04.
> I have version 4 on a flashdrive but it does not seem to work, so maybe
> version 1 (14.04.1?) would be good enough to get started.
> I will get a usb flash drive if someone can help me put an iso on it.
> I am also looking for a used laptop. It can really be just about
> anything. I will probably put 14.04 on it, and try Devuan.
> My email is rahalver@yahoo.com
> Phone is 847-246-2542.
> Thank you,
> Rob Halverson
>
>
>
>

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