> > If I understand you correctly, Lubuntu 11.04 default install would (just!) > fit on a 2GB (binary GB) disk.
Correct. *And* the resulting install will likely be unusable due to the lack of free space. That's pretty lightweight; can you name any common desktop or laptop i386 > "PC" architecture machines made in the the last ten years for general end > user use (i.e. not embedded designs) that have less than 2GB of disk > storage? I'm not sure is it common or not, but many early netbooks have ridiculously small drives. Some Asus EEE models have 2GB SSD. Hewlett Packard 6720t features just 1 GB SSD (I'm shocked!!!) On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:23 AM, Jonathan Marsden <[email protected]>wrote: > Earlier, I wrote: > > >> I suspect the number could be lowered to around 900000000 for a > >> 1.8GB size check, but I have not tested that yet. > to > On 05/15/2011 12:44 AM, Mikhail Maksimov wrote: > > > No it can not. Tests done on alpha3 show that the system requires at > > least 2000 MB ("decimal" M) just to install with almost no free > > space left. Too bad Lubuntu is no longer lightweight in terms of > > disk footprint. > > Thanks for taking the time to do the testing :) > > If I understand you correctly, Lubuntu 11.04 default install would > (just!) fit on a 2GB (binary GB) disk. That's pretty lightweight; can > you name any common desktop or laptop i386 "PC" architecture machines > made in the the last ten years for general end user use (i.e. not > embedded designs) that have less than 2GB of disk storage? > > Setting the limit down from 5.3GB to 2.7GB seems to have helped everyone > I know of who has come across this issue (most seem to have 3GB or 4GB > disk space available). > > Is there really a sizeable community of Lubuntu users with total disk > space between 1.8GB and 2.0GB that we need to try to help out? If so, > who are they -- can they please identify themselves? > > Thanks, > > Jonathan >
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