Confusing desktop system requirements (from [Bug 237114])

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 11:35:59AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 10:47:07AM +0100, Matthew East wrote:
> 
> > Could a developer help with the below bug by commenting on what the
> > correct system requirements are?
> 
> I believe the information on http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/ to be
> accurate, but have not personally verified it:
> 
>   Desktop CD
> 
>   The desktop CD allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at
>   all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of CD is
>   what most people will want to use. You will need at least 384MB of RAM to
>   install from this CD.

Similar text was revised in light of only-ubiquity to indicate that there is
a low-memory installation mode which works with 256M, no?

>   Alternate install CD
> 
>   The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist
>   installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
> 
>     [...]
>     * installs on systems with less than about 384MB of RAM
> 
> This 384MB figure comes courtesy of Brian Murray, 2008-03-06.
> 
> I don't know where the 8GB disk figure comes from.  I continued to do all of
> my ISO testing in a 4GB disk slice up to the very end of the release cycle.
> I'm guessing this recommendation is an estimate of 4GB for the system, 4GB
> for user data?

The DVD is said to require more space , as it copies the entire DVD livefs
before pruning it.

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 - mdz