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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

alternate is mentioned, but not as a section. I have corrected that.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu

As the input of as what the lowest RAM is is still being tested, we can
leave it for a while.

Regards,

Phill.



On 15 June 2013 22:25, Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Phillw,
>
> I just noticed that
>
>   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu/JasonOdoom
>
> does not mention the Alternate CDs at all.  If the Lubuntu Manual will
> suggest people with 512MB or less use them, and that manual points
> people to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu then
> logically... that page is going to need to link to the Alternate images!
>  Basically, the Lubuntu Manual and the official GetLubuntu start page
> need to be consistent with each other.
>
> Did we decide at some time in the past specifically *not* to mention
> them?  It seems odd to include the Minimal Install approach, but not to
> mention or link to anything about the Alternate images, which are more
> familiar and easier to use than the Minimal Install (netboot/mini.iso)
> approach tends to be for most people.
>
> Maybe the GetLubuntu wiki page needs to say something more like:
>
>  * Standard PCs (768MB or more RAM)
>
>    <links to LiveCD images and torrents go here>
>
>  * Standard PCs (512MB to 768MB RAM)
>
>    <links to Alternate Images and torrents go here>
>
>  * Standard PCs (Less than 512MB RAM)
>
>     <link to Minimal Install page goes here>
>
>  * Macs (with Intel CPUs)
>
>    <links to Mac images go here>
>
>  * Macs (with PowerPC CPUs)
>
>    <links to PowerPC images go here>
>
> ...
>
> Then you or Jason can update the exact RAM amounts later, once Ali has
> completed and documented his testing of zRAM, and there is a decision on
> what the numbers really truly should be.  And one of us can edit the
> manual sources to match those corrected numbers for RAM size.
>
> Jonathan
>



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