Dear Steven, Steven Grunza wrote: > > Hello. I would like to install Debian on a laptop with 256 MB of RAM. > Is this possible?
Installing the system shouldn’t be a problem. > I realize this system is _NOT_ going to be a performance machine. I > plan on using it for text editing (in laptop mode using keyboard) and > taking handwritten notes (in slate mode) However, I don’t know whether the tablet will work. If Ubuntu had problems, chances are that Debian (and in fact, any Linux) has the same problems. > I know Fedora (at least version 17 and 18) has checks in place to > prevent installation on low memory systems. Does Debian have a similar > restriction? Yes. Last time I tried, it complained with less than 96 MB and switched to a special mode at less than 64 MB, though that was 2-3 years ago, IIRC. 256 MB should be perfectly fine. Best, Claudius -- Please don’t CC me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130304145850.65a6a...@ares.home.chubig.net
