Christopher, i understand the issues and am making the emotional adjustment. i was aware of the PAE thing HOWEVER i COULD have installed xubuntu 12.04 without any knowledge of PAE and arrived in xubuntu 12.10 as i have without even trying. IF i were such a naive user i'd be out on a limb, surprised and possibly disappointed. actually though i'm not stranded and have plenty of choice. certainly by the end of the 12.04 cycle this hardware will seem quite ancient. a test (for PAE support) in Software Updater prior to advertising a version update could have been done. yes i know hindsight is 20/20 BUT let's face it MANY if not MOST ubuntu installs are done to upCycle ex Windows boxes - old hardware is a BIG part of the scene. thanks for your efforts. On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Christopher M. Penalver <