A couple of questions:
1. In regards to PAE. According to the PAE help page - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE - my understanding is the CPU in my Dell Inspiron 8600 should be a Dothan based CPU and therefore not require the forcepae flag.
However - when running Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu 14.04.1 from USB (Live not installing) - I receive the PAE message so have to use the forcepae flag.
Is this ok?
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computer
description: Portable Computer
product: Inspiron 8600
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3
configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable uuid=[REMOVED]
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0D5689
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id: 0
serial: [REMOVED]
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id: 0
version: A14
date: 06/30/2005
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.80GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 400
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.13.6
slot: Microprocessor
size: 1800MHz
capacity: 1800MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe bts est tm2 cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 700
size: 8KiB
capacity: 8KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 701
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
clock: 66MHz (15.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1000
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
capacity: 1GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM_A
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM_B
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0 memory:e0000000-e7ffffff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fc000000-fdffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RV350/M10 [Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: agp agp-2.0 pm vga_controller bus_master vga_palette cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=32 mingnt=8
resources: irq:11 memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:c000(size=256) memory:fcff0000-fcffffff memory:fc000000-fc01ffff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:11 ioport:bf80(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:11 ioport:bf40(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:11 ioport:bf20(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:11 memory:f4fffc00-f4ffffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 81
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:d000(size=8192) memory:f6000000-fbffffff memory:40000000-43ffffff
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401 100Base-T
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=32 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:11 memory:faffe000-faffffff
*-pcmcia
description: CardBus bridge
product: PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
resources: irq:11 memory:f8000000-f8000fff ioport:d000(size=256) ioport:d400(size=256) memory:40000000-43ffffff memory:48000000-4bffffff
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
resources: irq:11 memory:faffd800-faffdfff memory:faff8000-faffbfff
*-network:1
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
logical name: eth1
version: 05
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.2kmprq firmware=ABG:9.0.5.27 (Dec 12 2007) ip=[REMOVED] latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
resources: irq:7 memory:faffc000-faffcfff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:11 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:bfa0(size=16) memory:44000000-440003ff
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=0
resources: irq:7 ioport:b800(size=256) ioport:bc40(size=64) memory:f4fff800-f4fff9ff memory:f4fff400-f4fff4ff
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Modem
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm generic cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:b400(size=256) ioport:b080(size=128)
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: HTS726060M9AT00
vendor: Hitachi
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: MH4O
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 55GiB (60GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=9e909e90
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 55GiB
capacity: 55GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2011-08-02 00:31:40 filesystem=ntfs state=clean
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD writer
product: DVD+-RW ND-6500A
vendor: _NEC
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 203E
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-scsi:2
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@1:3
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
size: 7646MiB (8017MB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: sectorsize=512 signature=4cfda4e2
*-volume
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: SYSLINUX
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /cdrom
version: FAT32
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 7643MiB
capacity: 7644MiB
capabilities: primary bootable fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
*-battery
product: DELL 0004P22
vendor: Sony
physical id: 1
slot: Sys. Battery Bay
capacity: 71590mWh
configuration: voltage=11.1V
2. Based on my system specifications above - would it make more sense for me to be running Xubuntu or Lubuntu (rather than Ubuntu)?
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