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What are the most suitable distribution Ubuntu for my computer? [duplicate]
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How do I find out which version and derivate of Ubuntu is right for my hardware in terms of minimal system requirements?
I'm looking to migrate from Windows XP to Ubuntu ...
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How do I know which RAM I'm using?
I want to buy some extra RAM but Hardinfo wont tell me which brand, model, latency and speed I'm currently using to buy the same kind.
What else can I use?
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Random memory corruption going undetected by memtest86
Thinkpad t520; Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS; 3.2.0-33-generic; 16GB of ram.
Memtest86+ ran for 26 hours, 9 passes, no errors.
Booted into "recovery mode": ran fsck all filesystems - no errors; "check all ...
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How to best check my hardware (mem and HD) for errors? [duplicate]
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How can I check my RAM and harddrive for errors?
Lately, I have been experiencing problems using an Apple (macbook pro 3,1 2GB ram) with Natty installed. In three ...
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All Memory Not showing up with Ubuntu-64 bit
I am only showing 5.8GB out of 9GB:
harrison@harrison-Aurora:~/Desktop$ lshw -C memory
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-memory
description: System memory
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Memtest86: Has my RAM gone bad?
I did a memory test with memtest86 on boot, and I'm seeing this:
Is my RAM defective?
PS : My Ubuntu PC doesn't boot. Shows options in GRUB and then says there are errors in / and failed loading ...
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Memtest86+ Result Decoding
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (fresh install with all updates)
Nvidia 8400GS Galaxy (instead of the on-board video)
Dell
I'm having random freezes where everything locks up, no mouse/keyboard/etc. Upon running ...
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Why isn't Ubuntu detecting all of my RAM?
I just upgraded my netbook from 1 gb of RAM to 2, but when I type free -g, it only says that I have 1 gb. How do I get it to detect all of my RAM?
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What's the maximum amount of RAM I can use on an specific hardware
I've an Asus U31SD Notebook with an i5-2430M CPU. The Asus site says that the maximum RAM is 8 GB, but Intel's says my CPU supports 16 GB. What is the maximum RAM I can use on this system ...
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Does Ubuntu support 8Gb of RAM?
I've a motherboard that can accept 8G RAM, But Window only see and use 4G RAM. If I put in my 8G RAM sticks, Will installing a 64bit version of Ubuntu really access most of the 8G's, Or is this a pipe ...
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Is it possible to query maximum ram my mobo takes?
Is it possible to query through Terminal how much ram my motherboard can take?
I'm looking to see if i can even upgrade.
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12.04 64bit detects 7.7 GB Of RAM Out Of 8 GB
I've Dell Inspiron N5110 with 8 GB of RAM, I installed Ubuntu 12.04 64-Bit.
The problem is that all things are working fine but Ubuntu detects only 7.7 GB of RAM, I've checked & noticed that I've ...
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Desktop autoshutdown problem [closed]
Hello to all volunteers here. :)
My desktop is an assembled one, forged from Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2.93 GHz, with RAM of 2 GB. It has a Samsung monitor, and I dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu ...
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Having RAM problems, I need a error check program
Lately I've been having a lot of glitches with my computer, and I'm really suspicious about my RAM. I need a program compatible with Ubuntu 12.4 LTS that will be able to check my RAM. Also I've tried ...
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How to query the motherboard/mainboard number?
I have a PC with a an old AMD Sempron 3000+ processor on which I wanna query the motherboard aka mainboard model number to check which kind of RAM to buy for it.
How do I do this in Ubuntu 11.10?
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What can I move to RAM drive to have the system working faster?
Which files/directories can I move to RAM drive to have the system working faster?
I'm planning to upgrade my laptop's memory to 8GB soon, so I'll have some fast memory to use. How to configure the ...
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When I have 6 GB of RAM installed, why is just 3 GB available on Ubuntu?
I'm using a laptop with 32-bit Ubuntu 10.04.
I used to have only 2 GB of RAM. Today, our IT-support upgraded my laptop to a total of 6 GB of RAM. They told me "Though you do now have 6 GB, when you ...
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11.10 x86 - memory RAM problem (shows 3.4 GB when 8 GB are installed)
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 x86 on a new computer that has 2 x 4 GB RAM installed (8 GB total).
But when I go to the Ubuntu system monitor it only shows 3.4 GB of memory (and ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu unresponsive 'bad sector' warning in virtual console
I've had an acer aspire laptop for a little over a year now. For the most part it works great, however once every couple of weeks or so it starts acting up and I need to do a hard re-boot.
It's ...
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Computer crashes (segfaults?) after upgrading from 1GB RAM to 2GB
I have a HP Compaq Presario F500 (an F579WM). I replaced the 1GB(2x512MB) of RAM in it with 2GB(2x1GB). Since this upgrade the computer will switch to a text screen, with what looks like a backtrace ...
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How do I check how much physical RAM I am using in GB or MB format?
How do I check my whether my Ubuntu is 32-bit or 64-bit and whether or not it is using full RAM? I'm concerned that because my system is 32-bit it isn't using the maximum OS-supported RAM. It says my ...
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Is there a way to share resources of a machine by running a program on one machine, but display it on another?
Is there a way to sort of "share" processing power between two machines? I already use x2x and ssh to communicate between the two, but the two but that works with two moniters aswell. Is there a way I ...
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