Lubuntu System Requirement

Thu Apr 4 11:25:17 UTC 2013

Hello again amjjawad,

Well, the link doesn't say and I don't say that 700MB is the minimum
requirement for Lubuntu, only to install using the desktop iso with a
graphical installer.

"Alternate ISOs are for low-RAM PCs. Computers with less than 700 MB of
RAM are considered low-RAM computers. Here is a screenshot of the
alternate installer. Instructions here and here."

and

"* Desktop (Graphical Installer) - These versions are suitable for PC's
with over 700 MB of RAM. Do not try to install 64 bit on a 32 bit
machine. Installing 32 bit onto 64 bit is totally safe.

* Alternate: a non-graphical installer image used for computers with
less than 4.3GB hard disk space and below 700MB RAM. Use the alternate
versions for non-standard setups.

* Minimal install: Using the minimal ISO, it is possible to install and
run lubuntu-core on a PC with only 64 MB of RAM. 128 MB of RAM are
considered the minimal requirements for a usable Lubuntu Desktop system."

I agree that Lubuntu 12.04+ works well, once installed, with for example
512 MB RAM.

Best regards
Nio

On 2013-04-04 12:32, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> Yeah, I know but that would be changed, hopefully soon as we are trying
> to re-design and re-write our Wiki Area but of course not the whole
> thing, only the areas that need changes and this is one of them. Because
> 700MB is NOT the minimum requirement for Lubuntu. The one who edited
> that was trying to put that in a range.
> 
> For me, in order not to be so extreme, I would say 512MB but if truth to
> be told, Lubuntu CAN be installed and it will work on less. However,
> performance will vary.
> 
> No my friend, it is not about being guru or not. I'm no expert but I
> have done tons of tests in the past because I like to do everything
> myself to understand better.
> 
> We are all learning here after all. NO one is expert IMHO :D
> I learn from you, you learn from me, we both learn from others, etc.
> 
> I'm sure you have seen my other email about the Kernel and Linux. The
> system requirements will be changed according to the Kernel used on a
> specific release. For example, the system requirement for Lubuntu 10.04
> is not the same as 12.04 :)
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
> <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Yes amjjawad, at least hard ;-)
> 
>     Maybe easy for a guru, but hard for me. My experience (with Lubuntu
>     12.04+) is similar to what is recommended in the following link (I don't
>     know who wrote it, and maybe you disagree, but the sweet point 700 MB
>     RAM is stated twice).
> 
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Alternate_ISO
> 
>     Best regards
>     Nio
> 
>     On 2013-04-04 00:20, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>     >
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > Are you saying that it is hard or impossible to install Lubuntu using
>     > the Desktop ISO from the LiveCD or LiveUSB if your machine has
>     less than
>     > 768MB of RAM?
>     >
>     > Well, from my own experience with Real Hardware for two years, I have
>     > installed Lubuntu From the LiveCD with LESS than 256MB of RAM on
>     P4 but
>     > yes, very much slow for sure.
>     >
>     > If you ask me, yet again I speak from experience, Lubuntu Live Session
>     > needs 384MB of RAM and yes, I have done so many tests with that amount
>     > of RAM :)
>     >
>     > My tests were done on 3 different machines. The Live Session doesn't
>     > require so much RAM on my tests. Maybe, just maybe it depends on the
>     > hardware but again, I have many machines and I have tested that on
>     each
>     > one :)
>     >
>     > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     It is hard or impossible to install Lubuntu (any Ubuntu
>     desktop flavour)
>     >     from the desktop iso with less than 768 MB RAM, even if it
>     works well to
>     >     run a live session. Install from the alternate iso :-)
>     >
>     >     On 2013-04-03 14:24, Tracer wrote:
>     >     >> ----- Original Message -----
>     >     >> From: Ali Linx (amjjawad)
>     >     >> Hi everyone,
>     >     >>
>     >     >> I have a weird problem on one of my machines.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> First, this is HP dv6, Core i5 with 4GB RAM and has Lubuntu
>     12.04
>     >     64bit -
>     >     >> 3.2.0-39-generic
>     >     >
>     >     > JEEEEEEEEEEZ !!!
>     >     >
>     >     > Is **THAT** the target hardware for Lubuntu 12 ?????
>     >     >
>     >     > No wonder I have to use Lubuntu 10.04 on my 512MB 1.6GHz
>     machine !!!
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >
>     >
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