New for me laptop. This is the first one with I believe 4096mb RAM. I have heard of PAE kernel but request recommendations.
Install is MGA3 KDE installed via Live DVD
Laptop is Dell N5010. BIOS shows 4096 mb RAM
uname -a shows:
Linux inspiron-n5010 3.8.13-desktop586-1.mga3 #1 SMP Tue May 14 19:06:27 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
free -m shows:
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2965 922 2042 0 29 553
-/+ buffers/cache: 339 2626
Swap: 3991 0 3991
MCC hdwr also shows about 3gb RAM.
1. Is this installation recognizing all the memory but only reporting 3 gb?
2, There seem to be about 8-10 kernels in repos that are capable but they all indicate " up to 4gb" Don't see anything for 4gb and above or do I even need it?
Recommendations?
Thanks