zRAM

[Michael Rawson]

On 08/06/13 17:57, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
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> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Karl Anliot <kanliot at gmail.com 
> <mailto:kanliot at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I honestly think zram could help during the one-time graphical
>     installation of Lubuntu on 512MB pcs.  In fact, edubuntu included
>     zram in that distribution for that exact reason.  We could
>     eliminate crashing and the need to delete the slideshow to install.
>
>
>
> For the last two years testing Lubuntu on old hardware (256MB-512MB of 
> RAM), that maybe 1000 installations or more, I have never ever faced 
> the so called slideshow crashing issue :)
>
> Please, let's keep the topic as it is :)
Ali,

I'd like to respectfully disagree. Lubuntu in my experience uses a lot 
of RAM during installation, but nowhere near as much during normal use. 
If we could get that installation figure down, we can get a lot more 
users. If that means the installation is slower, so be it. I doubt many 
users are too bothered by another couple of minutes when installing.

Michael.

PS Please don't take this as a challenge to your authority, I'd just 
like to suggest this is perhaps an option worth discussing. Maybe as 
another email thread as you see fit?
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