RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

[Michael Rawson]

On 08/06/13 19:52, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Apparently, the off-topic issue on the mailing list is a habit so this 
> is a new thread :D
>
> I totally respect your disagreement. I totally understand some users 
> are having problems. It is not about challenging my nor my so many 
> tests, it is about one simple thing:
>
> I have failed to produce that issue no matter how many times I have tired.
>
> I even tried below 256MB of RAM but that did not crash the 
> installation at all. YES, the installation process was SO SLOW but 
> never crashed, in all my tests.
>
> So, I'm not defeating the idea as a whole, I'm stating what I've found 
> and what my so many tests for 2 years had shown and proved to my, at 
> least.
> It is not that I don't believe you, but I can't disagree with my eyes too.
>
> On the other hand, I do not think this is why we can't get more users.
> As long as there are workarounds this, I think it is not yet a huge issue.
>
> Anyway, it appears that this issue happens with some hardware and 
> never happen on some other hardware. That is the ONLY 
> logical explanation for why I failed to produce it so far.
>
> Thanks!
> P.S.
> Do I really have to dig for my old emails and post some screenshots? :P
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Michael Rawson 
> <michael.rawson at ubuntu.com <mailto:michael.rawson at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 08/06/13 17:57, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>>
>>     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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> /Test Machine: ASUS F3F Laptop - //Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with 
> 489MB RAM/
>
Intermittent issues do exist for technical reasons. I imagine it's 
something out of our lowly control. :)

I'm not especially convinced either way on the topic, I just thought it 
was probably worth discussing. And we will probably gain a few more 
users as we will (hypothetically?) be able to reduce the amount of RAM 
we post as a requirement on the documentation pages.
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