On 10/20/13, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 2:39 AM, James Freer > <[email protected]>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 -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
