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>Ah look. It's Xubuntu 12.04 that runs on a non-PAE machine (whatever that means).
yes, the Xubuntu and Lubuntu 12.04 (and Ubuntu too I think) still support non-PAE computers but as it says in the release notes: "The non-PAE kernel will not be available in future Xubuntu releases." I believe it's the same for Lubuntu.
So you can use either Xubuntu or Lubuntu (I thought you where already using one of those) but it won't upgrade further to 12.10 or beyond properly, so just don't upgrade
I reccomend using Xubuntu cause the 12.04 is a LTS (long term support) and will be supported for 3 years, while the Lubuntu is not a LTS and will only be supported for 18 months.
If your old computer still survives another 3 years then you'd need to switch to another linux distro when that time comes.
Also regarding the full root partition (IDK why you'd want to separate all those parts, /home /root /tmp /usr /var) but if you really want to then it seems you need a harddrive with more space.
Also if you're too pressed for time and don't want to spend hours/days solving problems, know that you can get commercial support for any of the ubuntu distros.
allthebest