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[Mikhail Maksimov <mcwillin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> 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 <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>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
>