linux software for R40

[teacup15]

I have 2 R40s, Both in good shape hardware except for being pentium processors , hence non PAE. Running one on Linux Mint XFCE 13 and can't move past there. The other will run on Windows XP . At present I have it on an old version of pclinuxos. any tips on becoming more modern considering the non PAE limitation.

[ajkula66]

Welcome to the forum!

Are your R40 units from P4M or PM lineup?

What I've been running on the older, non-PAE ThinkPads:

Cent OS

Fedora 19/20

If I remember anything else will update accordingly.

Good luck.

[teacup15]

Welcome to the forum!

Are your R40 units from P4M or PM lineup?

What I've been running on the older, non-PAE ThinkPads:

Cent OS

Fedora 19/20

If I remember anything else will update accordingly.

Good luck.

One each

[teacup15]

Welcome to the forum!

Are your R40 units from P4M or PM lineup?

What I've been running on the older, non-PAE ThinkPads:

Cent OS

Fedora 19/20

If I remember anything else will update accordingly.

Good luck.

Have updated pclinuxos from 2012 version to December 2014 PCLINUXOS lxde. Runs well. What level CENTOS are you using ?

[ajkula66]

Runs well. What level CENTOS are you using ?

6.5

[teacup15]

Runs well. What level CENTOS are you using ?

6.5

thanks again-happy holiday

[FluffyBunny]

This is a bit old, but thought I'd chime in. My R40 is running Ubuntu Mate quite smoothly. In the past, I've also run LXLE on it.

I think mine has PAE, though. (P4M, 2.0 Ghz, 2Gig RAM)

[teacup15]

It is my understanding that a P4M is nonpae though I have no knowledge of the FAU variant. My R40-2682 is running PCLINUXOS competently and the R40-2722 now runs Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.1 very nicely. Linu Mint offered an alternate install that is specifically for non pae. Needs a pause and select during the boot process. Works well.

[FluffyBunny]

Just read something about the 4M's pae/non-pae. Some are and aren't Here's a post from the Linux Mint forums:

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The Pentium Ms mostly from 2003 and 2004 ("Banias") don't support PAE, but Pentium Ms mostly from 2004 and 2005 ("Dothan") do. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_M_microprocessors. ... Except for those Pentium Ms listed, all x86 processors introduced since 1995 support PAE. Of course that makes these Pentium Ms that don't support PAE the cheapest...

Mine's a Dothan, the computer was built in 2005, so mine does have PAE.

[ajkula66]

Mine's a Dothan, the computer was built in 2005, so mine does have PAE.

It's not a Dothan. R40's BIOS does not support Dothan CPUs, Banias only. No ifs ands or buts.

I believe that you had previously stated that you had

P4M, 2.0 Ghz, 2Gig RAM

which would mean that you're running a P4M Northwood and not a PM of any kind...