<p>I can attest to good performance of 12.04 on an Asus EeePC 4G. Can't send in screenshots, though.</p>
<p>My EeePC's power adaptor is still out of commission and Haiyan just passed by. Electricity is very scarce here these days.</p>
<p>- Joan</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 16, 2013 2:00 AM, "Bruno Benitez" <<a href="mailto:gridcube@gmail.com">gridcube@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><span>As technological boundaries move </span><span>on, and</span><span> as newer hardware</span><span> and software</span><span> make t</span><span>heir</span><span> presence</span><span>s</span><span> felt</span><span>,</span><span> perhaps it is time to take a look at our hardware requirements. [1]</span></div>


<div><br></div><div><span>Many users move to Xubuntu from older computers to try to "revitalize" them. </span><span> </span><span>W</span><span>hile</span><span> the system will work, </span><span>and</span><span> they will be able to use the programs that we </span><span>ship</span><span> </span><span>i</span><span>n our default installation, </span><span>it is possible that </span><span>a computer with only the minimum requirements will not provide the</span><span> </span><span>type of </span><span>experience we would wish to show the world.</span></div>


<div><br></div><div><span>As Xubuntu is not exclusively targeted toward older systems</span><span>,</span><span> </span><span>we</span><span> believe that </span><span>it </span><span>is important to warn our p</span><span>rospective</span><span> users about this </span><span>issue</span><span>.</span></div>


<div><br></div><div><span>W</span><span>e know that many of you deploy </span><span>X</span><span>ubuntu </span><span>on a </span><span> regular basis</span><span>,</span><span> </span><span>so </span><span>we</span><span>'re</span><span> ask</span><span>ing</span><span> you to </span><span>tell</span><span> us </span><span>what you </span><span>consider to be</span><span> a</span><span> <b>realistic</b> Minimum and Recommended setup.</span></div>


<div><br></div><div><span>Specifically</span><span> we would</span><span> like to know</span><span> how much RAM and Hard Disk space you would recommend to </span><span>a </span><span>new user</span><span> if you were going to install Xubuntu for them</span><span>.</span></div>


<div><br></div><div><span>C</span><span>ould </span><span>they </span><span>still work with the stated minimum of 512MB of RAM and 4.4Gb of hard disk space for a desktop install?</span></div>

<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span>[1] </span><span><a href="http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/" target="_blank">http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/</a></span><span></span></div>

<div><br></div><div><span>-- </span></div><div><span>Bruno.-</span></div><div><br></div>
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