On 2013-06-08 21:19, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 06/08/2013 12:52 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: >> I have failed to produce that issue no matter how many times I have >> tired. >> >> I even tried below 256MB of RAM but that did not crash the >> installation at all. YES, the installation process was SO SLOW but >> never crashed, in all my tests. >> >> So, I'm not defeating the idea as a whole, I'm stating what I've found >> and what my so many tests for 2 years had shown and proved to my, at >> least. >> It is not that I don't believe you, but I can't disagree with my eyes >> too. >> > Ali: > > I am sure what you state from your experience is true. But what I state > from my experience is also true. > > My experience differs from yours. That probably means there is a > difference in how we go about installing a system on a 512 meg RAM machine. > > If you usually use a bootable USB, then the following paragraphs apply: > > I almost always use the live CD, because my low-RAM machines won't boot > from a USB-drive without making use of 3rd party software. Also, many of > the candidate machines have only the old type 1 USB, which is slower > than a CD. > > If Lubuntu needs to be installed from a USB (for machines having 512 meg > RAM), it ought to be clearly stated, and there should be a way of > creating such a USB that works, and doesn't require typing commands in a > terminal (if ordinary users need to do it). Also, there need to be > links to the 3rd-party software to allow your machine to boot from a USB > (for cases where the hardware doesn't support it). > Hi everybody,
This discussion is about *really low RAM* according to today's standards for computers. Aere, you may be right. I have been thinking that many people, who want to use such old hardware are prepared to run a few text mode or terminal window commands, at least if they are guided to it from a tutorial or wiki page. Am a wrong? What about the alternate installer, is that easy enough to run (it's text, but in a very guided way)? Are we losing many users because the desktop installer fails for many people, when there is low RAM? What about the chance to get a lot of computers converted to Lubuntu at the end of life of Windows XP? I think several of those computers have really low RAM. In that case we should - make an automatic option to use swap or zRAM. This would be easy for the end user but hard for us to make it. - recommend a GUI method to prepare the system with swap. I'm thinking of running gparted before the installer. Is the easiest non-text method to activate the new swap to reboot? Newcomers are trained to reboot from Windows ;-) This is harder but still possible for those who just don't type commands in a terminal window, but easier for us (only a tutorial or wiki text about it). Best regards Nio -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
