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Re: System Requirements

 

Hi Steve,

just to save any confusion, could you let me know which 'G' processor it
was? From memory they come in G3, G4 & G5 flavours. I'm sure Lars will
correct me if I'm wrong :P

Regards,

Phill.

On 21 April 2012 17:23, Steve <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:48:09 +0530
> Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hiyas folks,
> >
> > as 12.04 is rapidly creeping up on us, we need to prep up
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu and our
> description of
> > what the minimal specs are for running lubuntu on all the architectures.
> >
> > What is needed is the minimal specifications to:
> >
> > 1) Install via Desktop (Graphical) system
> > 2) Install via Alternate system
> > 3) To run Lubuntu 12.04 at a reasonable speed (Minimal Install)
> >
> > For each of the following:
> >
> My tests have shown the following to be reliable for installation, with
> the Beta2 ISO.  The CPUs are the slowest I have of that type.  None of the
> machines had on-board graphics.  The HDD sizes are for a single disk in the
> machine and really need to be larger to actually do anything useful.  All
> machines ran OK with the lowest amount of RAM, although the PII wasn't
> powerful enough to run Flash.
>
> > i686 (32 Bit)
> CPU:      266MHz PII
> Live CD:  384 MiB RAM, 3.6 GB HDD
> Alt CD:   128 MiB RAM, 2.1 GB HDD
>
> > AMD64 (64 Bit)
> CPU:      2.6GHz AMD
> Live CD:  512 MiB RAM, 4.0 GB HDD
> Alt CD:   192 MiB RAM, 3.6 GB HDD
>
>
> > PowerPC (G series)
> CPU:      300MHz
> Live CD:  384 MiB RAM, 4.0 GB HDD
> Alt CD:   192 MiB RAM, 2.1 GB HDD
>
>
> > IntelMac
> Not tested
>
>
>
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> Steve <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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