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December 21st, 2010, 01:10 AM
Hello fellow Ubuntuers,
Just today I was checking for software upgrades using the upgrade manager & I got the following updates:
http://ubuntuforums.org/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=7187
Upon checking the linux image description, here is what It read:
http://ubuntuforums.org/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=7186
It states:
Geared towards 32-bit desktop systems with over 4GB RAM
You likely do not want to install this package directly, instead, install the linux-generic-pae-meta-package, which will ensure that upgrades work correctly, and that supporting packages are also installed.
Up to my knowledge, I installed a 64-bit Ubuntu on a core 2 duo dell studio xps with exactly 4GB RAM. this is the first time I check the description of a linux image & the first time that I face such description; so i hesitated to update the system.
Moreover, "uname -a" gives:
Linux ********* 2.6.32-26-generic-pae #48-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 10:31:20 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
I hope for some clarification & explanation in regard of what going on here please.
thank you
Just today I was checking for software upgrades using the upgrade manager & I got the following updates:
http://ubuntuforums.org/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=7187
Upon checking the linux image description, here is what It read:
http://ubuntuforums.org/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=7186
It states:
Geared towards 32-bit desktop systems with over 4GB RAM
You likely do not want to install this package directly, instead, install the linux-generic-pae-meta-package, which will ensure that upgrades work correctly, and that supporting packages are also installed.
Up to my knowledge, I installed a 64-bit Ubuntu on a core 2 duo dell studio xps with exactly 4GB RAM. this is the first time I check the description of a linux image & the first time that I face such description; so i hesitated to update the system.
Moreover, "uname -a" gives:
Linux ********* 2.6.32-26-generic-pae #48-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 10:31:20 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
I hope for some clarification & explanation in regard of what going on here please.
thank you