RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu

[Jonathan Marsden]

On 06/16/2013 01:27 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:

>> I think expecting novice users coming from Windows to pre-partition
>> and set up swap space before they install is asking a *lot*. I'd
>> much prefer that we focus on installing to an HD with either no
>> partitions, or a Windows partition, on it, since that is the common
>> case for newcomers coming from a Windows OS on older hardware.

> I agree. But if it does not work without swap?

Then they picked the wrong ISO.  So the manual, and the GetLubuntu page,
need to help them pick the right one for their hardware.  Which may be
the Alternate image.

> How many people start investigating and find the alternate installer?
> I think many people dump Lubuntu if the first attempt does not work.

Maybe some do ... so let's help them pick the right image first time.

> The solution is to have a system that is transparent: if there is a
> problem (in this case low RAM), there should be a warning and advice
> what to do:

If you can code that, and get your code accepted into Ubuntu, great :)
That's certainly not a feature we agreed to implement for 13.10.

Meanwhile, the solution we can actually implement, is to test the
existing installers and help people pick the right one for their hardware.

Jonathan