[ANNOUNCEMENT] Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 has been released

[James Freer]

On 10/20/13, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 2:39 AM, James Freer
> <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I was looking forward to the install and regret to say that I couldn't
>> get it to work on my spare machine 2.6 MHz, 1G RAM. I've put Xubuntu
>> back on for now but I wanted to go back to using Gnome.
>>
>> james
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> System Requirements It is recommended to have at least 1 GB of RAM *or
> more*(we shall soon do re-assessment for further specific details). If
> you have
> an old machine, you may consider other alternatives like
> Lubuntu<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu>.
>
>
> and, in order to be extra clear about this, I have updated the pages:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME#System_Requirements
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME#System_Requirements
>
> I hope this is better now :)
>
> P.S.
> I'd be very interested if you could install Ubuntu GNOME on your machine
> with 1GB RAM and then install:
>
> sudo apt-get install zram-config
>
> I'd appreciate if you could try that and let us know :)
>
> --
> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
> Best Regards,
> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>

It didn't run properly... iirc... ubuntugnome loaded and then I
couldn't use the menus. I think the wiki should mention Xubuntu as
well as Lubuntu. I love Xubuntu but just wanted to give ubuntuGNOME at
try. All the same 'happy' family.

james