<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>so xenial needs less RAM when installed over trusty? 141MB down to 116MB. This is somewhat contra to the perceived thoughts of 16.04 needing more resources than 14.04. It would be a great statistic to push forward for those who doubt changes to the new kernel and its underlying system.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Phill.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 March 2016 at 21:03, Nio Wiklund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com" target="_blank">nio.wiklund@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi again,<br>
<br>
IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M test results:<span class=""><br>
<br>
Lubuntu Xenial desktop 32-bit iso file<br></span>
- 224 MB RAM to install<br>
- 116 MB RAM used when idling after second boot (installed)<br>
<br>
Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS desktop 32-bit iso file<br>
- 208 MB RAM to install<br>
- 141 MB RAM used when idling after second boot (installed)<br>
<br>
See the attached file.<br>
<br>
Best regards<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Nio</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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Den 2016-03-13 kl. 20:06, skrev Nio Wiklund:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Phill,<br>
<br>
I suggest that you can mention that 256 MB is the minimum RAM to install<br>
Lubuntu Xenial. But near that statement you should also mention, that<br>
256 MB is not enough for normal browsing of modern (and bloated) web<br>
pages. We recommend at least 512 MB RAM in order to get a fair<br>
performance of 32-bit Lubuntu (and more is needed for 64-bit Lubuntu,<br>
maybe 768 MB).<br>
<br>
I think the statement about 700 MB is left from the time before zram was<br>
introduced.<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
Nio<br>
<br>
ps 1/<br>
I'm testing installing in my IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M now. It<br>
installed fairly well from the Lubuntu Xenial desktop 32-bit iso file<br>
with the additional boot options<br>
<br>
linux ... mem=224M forcepae --- forcepae<br>
<br>
But I would still recommend 256 MB as minimum RAM.<br>
<br>
After the second reboot into the installed system it is idling with a<br>
RAM usage of 116 MB (which is good compared to previous versions).<br>
<br>
ps 2/<br>
See the modified spreadsheet (version 3) - slightly modified<br>
/ds<br>
<br>
Den 2016-03-13 kl. 17:45, skrev Phill. Whiteside:<br>
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Okies,<br>
<br>
for ubiquity, we already know it needs more RAM to run, than lubuntu<br>
needs to run.... on the 'get lubuntu' page [1] We state under 700MB RAM<br>
is minimum for ubiquity. If you are happy to lower that to 256MB I'm<br>
happy to make the edit :)<br>
<br>
For Alternate, we should be able to probe down to the lowest level that<br>
lubuntu will actually run on (with the proviso of a browser eating up<br>
resources - which is covered in those notes[2])<br>
<br>
1.<br>
<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu%2B1#Types_of_installation" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu%2B1#Types_of_installation</a><br>
<br>
2.<br>
<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall+1#Low_Resource_Browser" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall+1#Low_Resource_Browser</a><br>
<br>
<br>
On 13 March 2016 at 16:16, Henk Terhell <<a href="mailto:hterhell@chello.nl" target="_blank">hterhell@chello.nl</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:hterhell@chello.nl" target="_blank">hterhell@chello.nl</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Op 2016-03-13 om 11:36 schreef Nio Wiklund:<br>
<br>
Hi Henk and other Lubuntu users, who want to test installing<br>
with low RAM,<br>
<br>
I see what you mean. I was testing last night with my Toshiba<br>
with Intel i5. It is usually working fast, Lubuntu can be<br>
completely installed within a couple of minutes.<br>
<br>
But when I approached the low RAM limit, I had to wait for 3-4<br>
minutes for the first Ubiquity window to appear.<br>
<br>
Below the limit, I did not even get any wallpaper after 6<br>
minutes, so I decided that it did not work.<br>
<br>
I attached a modified spreadsheet with some test results from<br>
last night. I found a difference:<br>
<br>
Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS desktop i386 can be installed with 224 MB RAM<br>
<br>
Lubuntu Xenial daily desktop i386 can be installed with 256 MB<br>
RAM<br>
<br>
Maybe we should state a limit:<br>
<br>
Select 'Install Lubuntu' and set the boot option mem=xxxM and<br>
press the Enter key. If the first window of the installer does<br>
not appear within 5 minutes, we can consider that there is too<br>
low RAM for the installer to work.<br>
<br>
Maybe we should suggest more patience, for example 10 minutes.<br>
What do *you* think?<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
Nio<br>
<br>
<br>
For me 5 min is enough to despair about finishing the installation.<br>
<br>
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