On 20 October 2013 18:07, Phill Whiteside <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > most odd! I did actually install ubuntu onto a 512MB RAM virtual machine. > It was not too happy, but did run. 1GB should be plenty. And, yes, xubuntu > should also get a mention, it has the advantage of more applications albeit > for a larger resource usage than lubuntu. People should always be > encouraged to try all the family and settle with the one they find suits > them best. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > > On 20 October 2013 17:46, James Freer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > -- > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw >
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