Actually that idea was thanks to Nathan, see
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772164).  I don't mean to take credit
for it.

Arturo, excellent idea.  I just installed it in a VM, so I could see the
peak disk space used based on the size of my .vdi file.  On the disk,
the base install of ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso only takes up 2.2GB,
but the .vdi file is 2.6GB (2708508672 bytes), so that was its peak for
a base install, no extra packages.

I just think its awful for the UI to enforce an arbitrary (and
artificially high) limit.  The UI says "for best results, have 4.4GB, a
connection to the internet, and be plugged into power" (see attached
screenshot above), when actually you are completely hindered from
proceeding.

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  11.04 requires 4.4GB to install on netbook with 4GB SSD

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