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Re: [Test Report 2] Minimum RAM required to install 'saucy-desktop-i386.iso' from LiveCD

 

On 2013-06-21 12:16, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> Thanks Karl and you are most welcome.
> I'm glad I'm not rusty yet and still can help :)
> 
> zRAM has added a massive improvement.
> 
> I have installed it on /*Test Machine1*: ASUS F3F Laptop - Intel Core
> Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with 489MB RAM/
> That machine has multiple Lubuntu Installations with 512MB SWAP
> Partition enabled.
> I KNOW, I KNOW, this is NOT part of the test we should do, I was
> installing Lubutnu 13.10 on that machine NOT for this specific test we
> are doing, just to have a copy on my other machine where I can play and
> do my personal tests.
> 
> Guess what? 15mins and it was one of the fastest installations of
> Lubuntu I have ever had.
> 
> If zRAM will do such a unique job on machines with 512MB RAM, I'm now
> 1000% sure Windows XP will DO LOVE Lubuntu and this is a HUGE push for
> StartUbuntu Project.

XP won't love its rival. It is enough to make the owner of the computer
love Lubuntu ;-)




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