Kubuntu 12.04 Precise Thoughts

[Teunis]

With 16GB of RAM I'm pretty sure it's a 64-bit computer.
And what I know of the i3 it's generally sold as a 64-bit processor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core

The AMD part in the name of the 64-bit Ubuntu's has to do with the protocol used, it was developed by AMD and later became the industry standard for *68 processors.
Because Intel likes to be standard compliant I'm sure the 64-bit (AMD) version of Kubuntu runs on your computer

[bobk]

I want to upgrade to 12.04. but I confused to which release I want. I have 16 gb of ram and want to run 64 bit to take advantage. but I have intel i3, and the 64 bit, says it is for AMD...

any insight would be great. thanks.

[GreyGeek]

I'm running the 3.2.0-23-generic kernel and VirtualBox is working OK for me. I had to install the latest version of VB and its tools

[SteveRiley]

Good luck getting it installed on precise. Did not feel like trolling the forums for the necessary kernel patches.

Patches for kernel 3.2/3.3 and kernel 3.4. They work fine, I've used both.

Has anyone gotten VMWare 4.0 to work on Kubuntu 12.04. I'm receiving the following in the logs:
2012-04-23T08:45:11.275-07:00| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-23-generic is valid.
2012-04-23T08:45:11.311-07:00| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-23-generic.
2012-04-23T08:45:11.318-07:00| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-23-generic.
2012-04-23T08:45:11.323-07:00| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-23-generic.

Hm, haven't seen that one before. What does Google say?

[macwolf74]

I might have to try VMWare then... VirtualBox is alright... not good on 2GB of RAM though for me.

3 days and counting till final

[culdesac]

Has anyone gotten VMWare 4.0 to work on Kubuntu 12.04. I'm receiving the following in the logs:

2012-04-23T08:45:11.275-07:00| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-23-generic is valid.
2012-04-23T08:45:11.311-07:00| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-23-generic.
2012-04-23T08:45:11.318-07:00| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-23-generic.
2012-04-23T08:45:11.323-07:00| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-23-generic.

[blackpaw]

Actually, you may want to try VMware Player instead. My machine is not much faster, AMD Athlon 64 2200 Mhz. VBox exhibits significant and irritating lag, along with overall slow performance, but VMware runs ver snappily, with no lag and no drag. Ben

Good luck getting it installed on precise. Did not feel like trolling the forums for the necessary kernel patches.

[papabearak]

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=player

VMware is a cool company, you don't have to worry about getting spam from them. I haven't received a single email from them after I created my account to download the player months ago.

That said, I'd suggest you create a separate email someplace that you use precisely for these purposes. That's what I do. My Gmail account is the email address I use for personal communications, forums, and mail lists; I have a separate Yahoo account that I use only for registrations.

I agree with SteveRiley. VMware is a cool company and will not spam you, so by all means, download the player directly from their site. I also keep a Yahoo mail account as a junk-mail catcher, and give the Yahoo addy to any web site that insists on registration, then I just check the yahoo mail account once a week or so to delete all the accumulated junk messages. This keeps a lot of spam from ever reaching my Gmail account, which I use for correspondence that I actually want. Ben

[SteveRiley]

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=player

VMware is a cool company, you don't have to worry about getting spam from them. I haven't received a single email from them after I created my account to download the player months ago.

That said, I'd suggest you create a separate email someplace that you use precisely for these purposes. That's what I do. My Gmail account is the email address I use for personal communications, forums, and mail lists; I have a separate Yahoo account that I use only for registrations.

[capt-zero]

papabearak,

Sounds interesting. I looked into it and am interested. The only problem is, that the only English sites I could find wanted me to join something in order to download it. I get enough junk mail, I'm not joining something just for the app. Do you know of any trusted sites where it's available and I don't have to give personal info in exchange for it?

capt-zero

[papabearak]

Actually, you may want to try VMware Player instead. My machine is not much faster, AMD Athlon 64 2200 Mhz. VBox exhibits significant and irritating lag, along with overall slow performance, but VMware runs ver snappily, with no lag and no drag. Ben

[blackpaw]

an Emachine 3300+ with an AMD semipron 2400 running 32 bit at 2 GHZ with 1GB ram; one of the reasons I hadn't tried VM yet.

Yeh, doable but likely to be *very* sluggish

[capt-zero]

blackpaw,

Actually mine's a little older and slower, I have an Emachine 3300+ with an AMD semipron 2400 running 32 bit at 2 GHZ with 1GB ram; one of the reasons I hadn't tried VM yet.

And steve I hadn't intended the MS Vistas reference, I just meant more new horizons. The limits I had been operating under have been considerably broadened. I'm generally too old and slow myself to tend toward punning.

capt-zero

[blackpaw]

What sort of hardware do you run capt-zero? I have a Intel i5-2500 with 8GB RAm, running 64bit kubuntu. Not high end these days, but it makes running virtual machines a quite snappy

[SteveRiley]

opened a lot of new vistas for me to explore

Yuk yuk.