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Q I use Xubuntu 6.06. I tried the new versions, but then, during install it said that my BIOS is "before cutoff" (in other words: too old). I think the cutoff was the year 2000. It seems that newer kernels are designed to not work on older hardware. When Xubuntu 6.06 is terminated - what will users with older hardware do? Is there any solution?

A This is, as you suggested, a problem with Xubuntu detecting a BIOS that is older than the year 2000. There are two ways to fix the problem. The easiest way is to update the BIOS. You can usually do this by going to the manufacturer's website, downloading a file, rebooting, then going into the BIOS and telling the BIOS to update from the file you downloaded.

The second way is to force Xubuntu to use your computer. To force install it, you need to give the aspci=force option for the Live CD. That should let you boot off the CD and install Xubuntu. Unfortunately, you will have to edit your menu.lst to get that option to work every time.

gksudo mousepad /boot/grub/menu.lst

Scroll down to near the bottom, where your Xubuntu installation is listed. Then add aspci=force to the end.

For example:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=e7b0ee64-4478-475c-a889-aefe14225d53 ro quiet aspci=force

Q I have a new MEDION MD96440 laptop. With the -so command, Ubuntu 8.04 tells me: "a REALTEK ALC268 soundcard is not producing any sound at all."

A This should be of help to anyone trying to troubleshoot sound problems: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting, and this might be of help to you in your case: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=551615

Q I've just installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop. Then, I downloaded KDE 4 packages from a mirror, but I don't know how to install it. I can't find any articles that help me install it. Do I need additional tools to install it?

A You've probably downloaded the source for KDE 4. It is much easier to install it using the Ubuntu repositories. To install KDE 4, use your package manager to add the following line to the sources list and save:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main

To install KDE 4, install the kde4-core package

On next login, you will need to choose KDE4 from the login manager.