<div dir="ltr"><div style>Hi again,</div><div style><br></div><div style>This is my 2nd Test Report :D</div><div style>One of the best tests in my whole life!</div><div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div style><b><u><font size="4">Information:</font></u></b></div>
<div style><ul style><li style>Test for: saucy-desktop-i386.iso<br></li><li style>Daily build: 17-June-2013<br></li><li style>Media: LiveCD<br></li><li style>Burned: using Xfburn at 10x Speed<br></li><li style>Tested on: Real Hardware<br>
</li></ul></div><div style><br></div><div style><b><u><font size="4">Machine Hardware Details:</font></u></b></div><div style><ul style><li style>Desktop Computer</li><li style>Intel Motherboard</li><li style>CPU: Hyper Threading 64-bit Intel Pentium 4 @3.06GHz</li>
<li style>Cache: L1: 16KB - L2: 1MB</li><li style>RAM: DIMM DDR 200 MHz 512MB</li><li style>Graphics: <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge (built-in)</span></li><li style>
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">HDD1: Seagate IDE 80GB - <b><i>Disabled/Not used</i></b></span></li><li style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">HDD2: Samsung IDE 20GB - <b><i>Wiped and has no partitons at all</i></b></span></li>
<li style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">CD/DVD Drive</span></li><li style><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>From BIOS</b>: <a href="http://i44.tinypic.com/a4ug5s.jpg">http://i44.tinypic.com/a4ug5s.jpg</a></font></li>
</ul><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>Test Case A - 242MB RAM</u></b></font></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u><br></u></b></font></div>
<div style><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>Information:</u></b></font></div><div style><ul style><li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">RAM used by the OS: 242MB only -- Onboard Video Memroy Size = 256MB [</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://i44.tinypic.com/a4ug5s.jpg">http://i44.tinypic.com/a4ug5s.jpg</a>]</span></li>
<li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">HDD: Samsung 20GB IDE wiped with no partitions at all</font></li><li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">Installation Media: LiveCD</font></li><li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">LiveCD Booting Menu: Selecting 'Install Lubuntu' From the LiveCD Boot Menu</font></li>
<li style>Installation Type: 'Something Else' - I wanted to create two partitions manually.</li><li style>Partitions: Two Partitions (Root and SWAP).</li></ul><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u><br>
</u></b></font></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>Notes:</u></b></font></div><div style><ul style><li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">Installation Period (time): From Selecting 'Install Lubuntu' from the Boot Menu until the last reboot at the end of the installation process, the time period of this installation was 40 minutes.</font></li>
<li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">The installation Process was <i style="font-weight:bold">'slow' </i>at the 7 steps of installation, specially the Keyboard Layout Step and Who Are You Step but <b><u>usable</u></b>. It was NOT very slow.</font></li>
<li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">On the very same machine, I have previously installed older releases and I can tell for sure adding zRAM by default have doubled the speed. Before, I was waiting for so long time until my mouse moves. Now, I need to wait 1-3 seconds Maximum and only on the previous two steps I have mentioned above.</font></li>
<li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">The installer never crashed during any step whatsoever - this is a one try test.</font></li></ul><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>Results:</u></b></font></div>
<div><ul style><li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">The installation has been done successfully - <b><u>100% PASS</u></b></font></li><li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">Time Rating: <b><u>LONG</u></b> - <b>40 - 45 minutes</b> from the very beginning (booting, menu, etc) to the very end (taking the LiveCD out and reboot).</font></li>
<li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">Slowness Rating: <b><u>SLOW but Usable</u></b> - IMHO, it was slow on two steps as mentioned above and a bit slow on the other steps.</font></li><li style><font face="arial, sans-serif">zRAM Rating: <b><u>100% Helpful</u></b> - it was a very wise decision to add it. zRAM has made a great noticeable difference. </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></li>
</ul><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>My Recommendation:</u></b></font></div><div style><ul style><li style>Overall Rating for this experience/test is <b>6.5/10</b>.<br>
</li><li style><b>I do recommend to set the limit of <u>256MB RAM</u> as the <u>Minimum RAM</u> required to install Lubuntu 13.10 From the Desktop ISO using a LiveCD.</b></li><li style>My Test is done on 242MB RAM, not 256MB and IMHO, the 14MB difference could make a bit of improvement to the time (less than 40mins) but I <b><u>do NOT</u></b> recommend to set the Minimum RAM required to install Lubuntu 13.10 to anything below 256MB. That should be the Red Line.</li>
<li style>256MB is NOT going to be the recommended option for New Users, but rather the Minimum. IMHO, we should mention clearly:</li></ul><ol style><li style><b>Minimum</b> RAM required to install Lubuntu 13.10 is 256MB </li>
<li style><b>Recommended</b> RAM required to install Lubuntu 13.10 is 384MB - I will explain later why :)</li></ol><div style><br></div><div style>= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = </div>
<div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div style><div><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><u>Test Case B - 368MB RAM</u></b><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u><br></u></b></font></div>
</div><div style><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>Information:</u></b></font></div><div><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">RAM used by the OS: 368MB only -- </font><font face="arial, sans-serif">Onboard Video Memroy Size = 128MB [</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://i44.tinypic.com/a4ug5s.jpg">http://i44.tinypic.com/a4ug5s.jpg</a>]</span></li>
<li><font face="arial, sans-serif">HDD: Samsung 20GB IDE wiped with no partitions at all</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Installation Media: LiveCD</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">LiveCD Booting Menu: Selecting 'Install Lubuntu' From the LiveCD Boot Menu</font></li>
<li>Installation Type: 'Something Else' - I wanted to create two partitions manually.</li><li>Partitions: Two Partitions (Root and SWAP).</li></ul><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u><br></u></b></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>Notes:</u></b></font></div><div><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Installation Period (time): From Selecting 'Install Lubuntu' from the Boot Menu until the last reboot at the end of the installation process, the time period of this installation was 25 minutes.</font></li>
<li><font face="arial, sans-serif">The installation Process was <i style="font-weight:bold">'normal' and 'smooth' but </i>slow on the Keyboard Layout Step ONLY.</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Almost as twice as fast from Test Case A above.</font></li>
<li><font face="arial, sans-serif">The installer never crashed during any step whatsoever - this is a one try test. Was so smooth.</font></li></ul><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>Results:</u></b></font></div>
<div><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">The installation has been done successfully - <b><u>100% PASS</u></b></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Time Rating: <b><u>NORMAL</u></b> - <b>25 minutes</b> from the very beginning (booting, menu, etc) to the very end (taking the LiveCD out and reboot).</font></li>
<li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Slowness Rating: <b><u>NORMAL</u></b> - I'm attracted to call it fast but that might be exaggeration.</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">zRAM Rating: <b><u>100% Helpful</u></b> - it was a very wise decision to add it. zRAM has made a great noticeable difference. zRAM almost provide twice as fast from Test Case A which means, obviously, the more RAM, the much better performance.</font></li>
</ul><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>My Recommendation:</u></b></font></div><div><ul><li>Overall Rating for this experience/test is <b>8/10</b>.<br>
</li><li><b>I do recommend to set the limit of <u>256MB RAM</u> as the <u>Minimum RAM</u> required to install Lubuntu 13.10 From the Desktop ISO using a LiveCD.</b></li><li>While 256MB is the Minimum RAM required to install Lubuntu 13.10, the Recommended option, IMHO should be:</li>
</ul><ol style><li style><b>Minimum</b> RAM required to install Lubuntu 13.10 is 256MB <br></li><li style><u><b>Recommended</b> </u>RAM required to install Lubuntu 13.10 is 384MB - now, you know why :)</li></ol></div></div>
</div></div><div style><br></div></div></div><div style><font size="6"><b><u>Conclusion/Summary</u></b></font></div><div><ol style><li style>Lubuntu 13.10 can be installed 'successfully' on 256MB of RAM <i>(and a bit below but we are NOT going below 256MB)</i> from LiveCD without problems, without crashes, etc.</li>
<li style>The Minimum RAM Required to Install Lubuntu 13.10 from a LiveCD is 256MB.</li><li style>The Recommended RAM to install Lubuntu 13.10 from a LiveCD is 384MB.</li><li style>Adding zRAM was very very very helpful and it was a wise decision :)</li>
</ol><div><br></div></div><div style><br></div><div><div style>Thank you so much for reading this report :)</div><div><br></div><div style>P.S.</div><div style>Imagine what could a LiveUSB do on the same above scenario ;)</div>
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</div><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/" target="_blank">amjjawad</a></span></b><br></span></div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><b><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)">Start Ubuntu</span></a></b><br>
</span><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></i></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><b>Test Machine1</b>: ASUS F3F Laptop - </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with 489MB RAM</span></i><br>
</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Test Machine 2:</b> Desktop - Intel P4 Hyper Threading (2 Logical CPUs) @3GHz - 512MB DDR 200MHz RAM</i><br></div></div>
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