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But I believe ONE uses 586 to be able to run +</I>>><i> > on +</I>>><i> > as wide a range of hardware as possible. +</I>>><i> Exactly! The problem is: the One shell run on all possible machines, so it +</I>>><i> uses the i586 kernel. And there just is not enough space on a CD image to +</I>>><i> put +</I>>><i> another kernel on it. +</I>>><i> When you're installing from a Free you get the best kernel for your +</I>>><i> system. +</I>>><i> With a 32bit system using less then approximately 4GB RAM you'll get the +</I>>><i> Desktop (i686) kernel, when using more you'll get the Server kernel. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Oliver +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Thats may be correct, I dont know I never used the "free" one. The problem +</I>><i> is that people with light DSL ( like I do ) cant get the "Free" version of +</I>><i> Mandriva ( Mageia ) and the only option is to DL the One Iso. Thats also +</I>><i> what I think of. Most people get the One Iso because it is: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 1. A smart Iso, fits on a CD. +</I>><i> 2. Has all componens Out of the Box ( driver and stuff like that ) +</I>><i> 3. Only ~700MB to download and not 2-3GB ;) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Thus our main "consumer" are going to DL the One iso. So we have to focus on +</I>><i> that. And when there is a Kernel which is going to slow down my System I am +</I>><i> not going to use it anymore. I mean what are the main diffrents of them? +</I>><i> Only a few configs right? Maybe we do it dynamic and he is autodetecting the +</I>><i> System and config the Kernel that way. Is that possible or is then a new +</I>><i> building of the Kernel needed? Maybe thats the sulution. I mean where are +</I>><i> going to discuss here and it would realy be an improvment, when we allow +</I>><i> People to use a modern and fast kernel and not a kernel which is going to +</I>><i> slow the system ( well only a bit ) just because there are some people who +</I>><i> are proud the use a Pentium II CPU just to be cool. You can get a 64-bit CPU +</I>><i> computer for less then 200€. Thats not the problem in my eyes. +</I>><i> Sure it is correct, that they should use 64-Bit Mandriva. But not everyone +</I>><i> is doing it. We talk about general configurations and not about a short +</I>><i> group of people. Maybe we should think that way. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I hope you guys understand what I mean ;) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Greetings +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Egon +</I>><i> +</I> +After installation and adding the online repos it's a matter of +install kernel-desktop-latest (and maybe kernel-desktop-devel-latest), +and the system will use kernel-desktop. After you're sure +kernel-desktop works you can uninstall kernel-desktop586. + +-- +Ahmad Samir +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002982.html">[Mageia-discuss] Kernel handling +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002984.html">[Mageia-discuss] Kernel handling +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2983">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2983">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2983">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2983">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |