RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

[Aere Greenway]

On 06/08/2013 12:52 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> 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.
>
Ali:

I am sure what you state from your experience is true.  But what I state 
from my experience is also true.

My experience differs from yours.  That probably means there is a 
difference in how we go about installing a system on a 512 meg RAM machine.

If you usually use a bootable USB, then the following paragraphs apply:

I almost always use the live CD, because my low-RAM machines won't boot 
from a USB-drive without making use of 3rd party software. Also, many of 
the candidate machines have only the old type 1 USB, which is slower 
than a CD.

If Lubuntu needs to be installed from a USB (for machines having 512 meg 
RAM), it ought to be clearly stated, and there should be a way of 
creating such a USB that works, and doesn't require typing commands in a 
terminal (if ordinary users need to do it).  Also, there need to be 
links to the 3rd-party software to allow your machine to boot from a USB 
(for cases where the hardware doesn't support it).

-- 
Sincerely,
Aere