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Message #02840
Re: zRAM for the Alternate Install? (was: Re: RAM needed for desktop installer reduced to half by zRAM )
If you need testing on something below 128mb, let me know, i have access to
a warehouse of ancient PCs
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> So many threads on this!!
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>> as the desktop installer now seems to be pretty much working on 256Mb
>> RAM machines, we do hit a point where the applications (browser, etc) will
>> take a machine with less than 256 Mb RAM 'over the edge'. Please see [1]
>> which is being updated as we learn more about what 13.10 is capable of.
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>> Regards,
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>> Phill
>> 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#System_Requirements
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>> On 19 June 2013 00:22, Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Julien,
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>>> What would it take to get zRAM added so that it runs by default during
>>> an alternate install too? I think it might be worth trying, since the
>>> results of zRAM on the ubiquity install have been so positive so far.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Marsden
>>> jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Let's reply to 'THIS' thread ONLY, please :)
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> I'm not sure whether to agree with Phill or Jonathan? both have a valid
> point.
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> Hmm, I think there is no harm to add it - except of course the amount of
> work needed for that.
> As for testers, do not worry, there are many!
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> *amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>*
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> *Test Machine1: ASUS F3F Laptop - Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with
> 489MB RAM*
> *Test Machine 2: Desktop - Intel P4 Hyper Threading (2 Logical CPUs)
> @3GHz - 512MB DDR 200MHz RAM*
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