On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 09:49:12AM -0500, Steven Grunza wrote:
> 
> Hello.  I would like to install Debian on a laptop with 256 MB of RAM.
> Is this possible?  I was previously running Ubuntu but there are
> problems in the Ubuntu X11 server code that cause the touchscreen to be
> unusable.

Before you do anything, make sure the same problems don't exist in
Debian's xorg.

> 
> 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?

Squeeze does not. I've installed Squeeze on several memory-constrained
systems. 
-- 
John


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