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[Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/16/2013 07:46 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:

> Just to double check (already know the answer :D), my main focus should
> be on the LiveCD, right?

Start with the Desktop CD.  One thing we need is to decide the RAM size
at (below) which we recommend people use the Alternate CD instead.

So I think the main test is of the Desktop CD image, using the "Install"
menu item when it boots, *not* the "Try without installing" one.  Assume
always installing onto a blank empty hard disk, no swap partitions
already there, no existing Linux installation, etc.

(Additional testing by doing the "Try without installing..." and then
clicking on the icon within the running Lubuntu is fine, but a IMO is
bit silly in low RAM environments, because we *know* it uses more RAM
than doing it the right way!)

Then, once we have a RAM size at which installing that "nice pretty GUI"
way does not always work, we need to test from that size down using the
Alternate Installer CD.  Then, once we have a RAM size at which *that*
does not always work, we need to test the netboot (mini.iso) approach,
using the Lubuntu menu item in its Software Selection screen.

> One more question: is it okay to test on Virtual Machine? the
> minimum RAM I have is 256MB so if I want to go LESS, say 128MB or
> 192MB, I must do that on a virtual machine.

Testing in a VM is fine, but we need to document which sizes we have
tested in real hardware and which we have only tested in a VM, in case
it ends up making a difference in real life.  I'd say if we can test at
768MB, 512MB, 384MB, 256MB on real hardware that would be good.  Be
careful of machines that "steal" some RAM for onboard video use, and so
do not really present the full amount of RAM to the installer...

Jonathan