Responses inline.
On 23/01/17 21:24, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
Hello,
based on a discussion that happened a while ago, and after checking if
the council was OK with the general direction, I want to start a
discussion on the minimum system requirements – and changing them to
suit our needs better.
Currently, our website [1] says the following:
To *install* or *try Xubuntu* within the Desktop/Live DVD, you
need *256 MB* of memory, if you are using the /Minimal CD/, which
uses the non-graphical Debian Installer and downloads packages as
you install, you need 128 MB of memory.
*Once installed*, you should have at least *512 MB* of memory.
There are several things I'm proposing to change here. First, the
minimum requirements for installing or trying Xubuntu should match the
minimum requirements of actually using Xubuntu. There are (at least)
three reasons to do this:
– It's very unlikely that somebody will install/try Xubuntu with less
memory than they'll have after they have installed the system
– The experience the user will get when trying Xubuntu with 256MB
memory will not be ideal, or even close
– To avoid confusion; we don't want to let people think there is even
a slim chance that 256MB is enough
Agree that we should match those.
Another thing I want to propose is the removal of the mention to the
minimal CD. Again, there are a few main reasons for this:
– While the minimal CD can be helpful for some, it isn't Xubuntu
– Installing the Xubuntu desktop from the minimal CD will still
require a minimum of 512MB to run at least somewhat smoothly; we want
to avoid confusion and not make people think they can run Xubuntu with
as little as 128MB memory
Well. Yes I can see the sense in doing this.
I guess we're forgetting about the Xubuntu Core iso idea then :(
Because that would have been a better swap in my opinion.
As you can see from the argumentation above, the main target is to
clarify the minimum requirements and avoid any confusion.
If anybody has anything against the proposed above, please reply to
this mail within a week with argumentation. If no objections are made,
I will start the process to change this information on the website.
Another question that is related, but out of the scope of this exact
discussion is if we should make the minimum required amount of RAM
higher than it is now. If people have ideas about this, feel free to
share them on this mailing list – but please start another thread.
Starting another thread ...
Cheers,
Pasi
[1] http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/requirements/
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