Hi Aere, In the section 'Get Lubuntu' [1] we do actively encourage people with low resource computers to use the Alternate install. The alternate install does not require usage of terminal and is akin to a GUI (Slide Show) install but without the 'pretty pictures'.
Regards, Phill. 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu On 26 January 2013 18:01, Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> wrote: > On 01/26/2013 03:13 AM, Tracer wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Julien Lavergne >>> Sent: 01/25/13 10:34 PM >>> To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com >>> Subject: Slideshow changes ? >>> Please, if you have ideas about it, share them with us, so we can see >>> what we can include in the next slideshow. >>> >> >> Answer : An OFF-button & a note. >> >> It took me a lot of googling to figure out why lubuntu wasn't installing >> in my machine ( AMD 2400+ ) and it turned out I had to disable slideshow >> And it's worked fine after I did that. -Tracey >> >> All: > > Since a lot of people gravitate toward Lubuntu because their machines are > not capable of running Ubuntu and Kubuntu well (because of lack of memory, > and/or processor speed), I think it would be a good idea to have an option > of not doing the slide show. > > Perhaps, even better, would be for the installer to see if there is enough > memory available to run it, and not load it in if there wasn't, > substituting a single picture (possibly the last slide of the show). > > But if it couldn't be done by the installer itself, at least giving the > user the option of skipping it if their machine doesn't have a lot of > memory would be a good idea. > > I worry that whether the slide-show is done or not, it occupies space in > the installer, so the slide show would have to be something that is loaded > by the installer if the slide-show is selected. This worry is supported by > the fact to disable the slide-show, I had to actually remove the slide-show > package. > > In the live CD version, that slide-show is using-up memory space even by > its existence in the RAM file-system. > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/** > mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users> > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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