Mono required by ubuntu-desktop

[Dan Kegel]

On 8/2/06, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >  RAM Requirements
> >   All variants of Edgy will install and boot properly on systems with
> > at least 32MB of RAM.
> >   Additionally, it will meet the following performance targets on a
> > 1GHz Pentium III system:
> >   192 MB: [k]ubuntu: boot to login screen:  60 seconds
> >   192 MB: [k]ubuntu: load OpenOffice2: 30 seconds
> >   96 MB: xubuntu: boot to login screen: 60 seconds
> >   96 MB: xubuntu: load Abiword: 30 seconds
>
> are you volunteering to do these measurements ?

Sure.  I've done similar measurements before.  See
http://kegel.com/linux/comfort/startup-benchmarks.html
http://kegel.com/linux/comfort/frys.html
http://kegel.com/linux/comfort/#startup

Should I start by doing those measurements for Dapper?
Where is the source for
http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/install/i386/ch02s05.html
Perhaps I could update it to reflect reality and add some detail.

(I've also yelled at Linspire for allowing Fry's to bundle their
distro on machines with only 96 MB RAM.  They say they can't
do anything about it; Fry's *wants* the machines to be slow
so users will have to upgrade, or something.)
- Dan