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>
> I have installed xubuntu on a 128MB RAM machine. Unfortunately, it is
> swapping *a lot*, right after log-in.
>
> So even though they state that the system requirements is 128MB RAM,
> that does not work very well.
>
> Hence, I guess there is not much hope for running a plain vanilla
> Ubuntu of any kind with that little RAM. One could probably tweak
> things though..?
>
> I think there has been some discussion on some xubuntu-mailing-list
> somewhere. Might be worth a search, for those who are interested.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Hugo Heden
>
>   
are you able to upgrade the amount of ram you have in your system or is 
it maxed out?

--cj