[lubuntu-devel] Spreadsheet for testing RAM for installing. Was: Re: non pae

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi again,

IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M test results:

Lubuntu Xenial desktop 32-bit iso file
- 224 MB RAM to install
- 116 MB RAM used when idling after second boot (installed)

Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS desktop 32-bit iso file
- 208 MB RAM to install
- 141 MB RAM used when idling after second boot (installed)

See the attached file.

Best regards
Nio

Den 2016-03-13 kl. 20:06, skrev Nio Wiklund:
> Hi Phill,
>
> I suggest that you can mention that 256 MB is the minimum RAM to install
> Lubuntu Xenial. But near that statement you should also mention, that
> 256 MB is not enough for normal browsing of modern (and bloated) web
> pages. We recommend at least 512 MB RAM in order to get a fair
> performance of 32-bit Lubuntu (and more is needed for 64-bit Lubuntu,
> maybe 768 MB).
>
> I think the statement about 700 MB is left from the time before zram was
> introduced.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> ps 1/
> I'm testing installing in my IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M now. It
> installed fairly well from the Lubuntu Xenial desktop 32-bit iso file
> with the additional boot options
>
> linux ... mem=224M forcepae --- forcepae
>
> But I would still recommend 256 MB as minimum RAM.
>
> After the second reboot into the installed system it is idling with a
> RAM usage of 116 MB (which is good compared to previous versions).
>
> ps 2/
> See the modified spreadsheet (version 3) - slightly modified
> /ds
>
> Den 2016-03-13 kl. 17:45, skrev Phill. Whiteside:
>> Okies,
>>
>> for ubiquity, we already know it needs more RAM to run, than lubuntu
>> needs to run.... on the 'get lubuntu' page [1] We state under 700MB  RAM
>> is minimum for ubiquity. If you are happy to lower that to 256MB I'm
>> happy to make the edit :)
>>
>> For Alternate, we should be able to probe down to the lowest level that
>> lubuntu will actually run on (with the proviso of a browser eating up
>> resources - which is covered in those notes[2])
>>
>> 1.
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu%2B1#Types_of_installation
>>
>> 2.
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall+1#Low_Resource_Browser
>>
>>
>> On 13 March 2016 at 16:16, Henk Terhell <hterhell at chello.nl
>> <mailto:hterhell at chello.nl>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     Op 2016-03-13 om 11:36 schreef Nio Wiklund:
>>
>>         Hi Henk and other Lubuntu users, who want to test installing
>>         with low RAM,
>>
>>         I see what you mean. I was testing last night with my Toshiba
>>         with Intel i5. It is usually working fast, Lubuntu can be
>>         completely installed within a couple of minutes.
>>
>>         But when I approached the low RAM limit, I had to wait for 3-4
>>         minutes for the first Ubiquity window to appear.
>>
>>         Below the limit, I did not even get any wallpaper after 6
>>         minutes, so I decided that it did not work.
>>
>>         I attached a modified spreadsheet with some test results from
>>         last night. I found a difference:
>>
>>         Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS desktop i386 can be installed with 224 MB RAM
>>
>>         Lubuntu Xenial daily desktop i386 can be installed with 256 MB
>> RAM
>>
>>         Maybe we should state a limit:
>>
>>         Select 'Install Lubuntu' and set the boot option mem=xxxM and
>>         press the Enter key. If the first window of the installer does
>>         not appear within 5 minutes, we can consider that there is too
>>         low RAM for the installer to work.
>>
>>         Maybe we should suggest more patience, for example 10 minutes.
>>         What do *you* think?
>>
>>         Best regards
>>         Nio
>>
>>
>>     For me 5 min is enough to despair about finishing the installation.
>>
>>
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