[ANNOUNCEMENT] Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 has been released

[Phill Whiteside]

On 20 October 2013 18:07, Phill Whiteside <phillw at vpolink.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> most odd! I did actually install ubuntu onto a 512MB RAM virtual machine.
> It was not too happy, but did run. 1GB should be plenty. And, yes, xubuntu
> should also get a mention, it has the advantage of more applications albeit
> for a larger resource usage than lubuntu. People should always be
> encouraged to try all the family and settle with the one they find suits
> them best.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
>
> On 20 October 2013 17:46, James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
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