Comment 138 for bug 930447

My computer is PAE deficient. Because of Linux Mint 13 Maya 32bit I am able to use the Ubuntu XFCE 12.04 on my machine. My machine was originally designed for Windows XP. Due to certain websites and a few other reasons every once in a while I am foreced into Windows XP which is a very painful experience. I personally have found Ubuntu as an operating system that keeps my old computer out of the landfill. It has better programs than Windows XP and it run circles around it as far as what it can do under Windows. Windows is necessary for certain functions. Some US Government websites are dependent on Windows. Some websites are totally designed around Internet Explorer. If you want to access those sites you have to have Windows on the computer. Internet Explorer under Linux isn't the greatest experience to deal with. Also being a much smaller piece of the computer pie Ubuntu is less attractive for virus designers than Windows. Canonical LTD is pushing non PAE enabled computers off to the side by ending support for a sizable number of computers that have not died a natural hardware death. Making an operating system that will only run well on the new computers is a Windows / Intel marketing game. It the type of practice that should not be adopted by Linux developers. My 2 cents.