Update of the minimum requierements

[Richard Elkins]

Will,

Not to discourage you .....

Performance test plan?

  * Goals/design
  * Individual tests
  * What do you intend to hold constant and what will you vary?
  * VM host machine environment E.g. hardware CPU/GPU/chip-sets, Linux
    kernel video module, X-Windows video driver
  * VM settings to be used (chipset, EFI, display, etc.)


Richard



On 11/15/2013 01:03 PM, Will Partridge wrote:
> Hey, I have a few VMs ready on standby, I'm going to take a few tests
> first of all with 512MB, 1GB and 2GB RAM for starters and I'll take a
> few screenshots of performance manager etc... I think we should also
> look into the amount of video memory required aswell as this is
> another common feature that old computers lack.
>
> Will
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
> <lyz at ubuntu.com <mailto:lyz at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Bruno Benitez <gridcube at gmail.com
>     <mailto:gridcube at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > As technological boundaries move on, and as newer hardware and
>     software make
>     > their presences felt, perhaps it is time to take a look at our
>     hardware
>     > requirements. [1]
>     >
>     > Many users move to Xubuntu from older computers to try to
>     "revitalize" them.
>     > While the system will work, and they will be able to use the
>     programs that
>     > we ship in our default installation, it is possible that a
>     computer with
>     > only the minimum requirements will not provide the type of
>     experience we
>     > would wish to show the world.
>     >
>     > As Xubuntu is not exclusively targeted toward older systems, we
>     believe that
>     > it is important to warn our prospective users about this issue.
>     >
>     > We know that many of you deploy Xubuntu on a  regular basis, so
>     we're asking
>     > you to tell us what you consider to be a realistic Minimum and
>     Recommended
>     > setup.
>     >
>     > Specifically we would like to know how much RAM and Hard Disk
>     space you
>     > would recommend to a new user if you were going to install
>     Xubuntu for them.
>     >
>     > Could they still work with the stated minimum of 512MB of RAM
>     and 4.4Gb of
>     > hard disk space for a desktop install?
>
>     Thanks for bringing this up again, Ali did some tests back in July,
>     the current bug report on the issue is here:
>
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/xubuntu-website/+bug/1201841
>
>     It would be great if we could get some more tests run against both
>     12.04 and 13.10 to determine where we stand today and make updates
>     accordingly. Is anyone able to spin up some VMs to determine where we
>     stand?
>
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