HOWTO : Use more than 3GB RAM on Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop

If you have more than 3GB RAM on your 32-bit system, you can install PAE kernel of Ubuntu 9.10.

Step 1 :

You need to install Ubuntu 9.10 i386 as usual. Then,

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

*If kernel is updated, please reboot and then go for further steps.

Step 2 :

sudo apt-get install linux-generic-pae
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-pae linux-headers-generic-pae

Step 3 :

Reboot to the new kernel - with "pae" extension.

After boot up, issue the following command to make sure you are in the PAE kernel.

uname -r

The output may look like this :

2.6.31-14-generic-pae

Step 4 :

sudo apt-get remove linux-generic
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-generic linux-headers-generic
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-`uname -r | grep "pae" | cut -d- -f1,2,3 | cut -c 1-`
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-`uname -r | grep "pae" | cut -d- -f1,2,3 | cut -c 1-`

You may also need to do the following step.

sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo update-grub2

Step 5 :

Reboot your system.

That's all! See you.

HOWTO : Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop for Traditional Chinese users

Step 1 : Install Ubuntu

Select Traditional Chinese from the menu when you install and follows the instruction on screen. Choose Taiwan as time zone no matter you are living in Hong Kong or not. You may change to the correct time zone after the installation.

After that, you should update your Ubuntu.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2 : Install Traditional Chinese language support

Go to System >> Administration and select Language Support. Install the missing language pack. Make sure the panel displays "Chinese (Taiwan)" after the installation.

Step 3 : Install SCIM - Chinese Input Method (Optional)

Since the default Input Method - iBus is not mature and complete, I choose SCIM instead.

sudo apt-get install scim scim-modules-table scim-chewing scim-pinyin scim-chinese

After the install, you should logout and re-login or reboot instead.

After the re-login or reboot, go to System > Administration and select Language Support. Changes "iBus" to "SCIM" on the panel.

Step 4 : Bug fix the Flash on YouTube (Optional)

After played the Youtube with browser, you may find the Chinese characters not displayed well and correctly. You can fix it by the following steps.

sudo nano /etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf

Replaces the last fourth line where "sans-serif" to "sans".

Logout and re-login or reboot instead to make the change works.

That's all. See you.