Shameless plug: https://bryanquigley.com/memory-usage/ubuntu-16-04-livecd-memory-usage-compared
I believe I only did it to an accuracy in chunks of 128MB. (but it should be pretty easy to reproduce / do your own more accurate tests) Of course, many things may have change these results by now.. (new kernels/ Firefox going multiprocess) On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Pasi Lallinaho <[email protected]> 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 > > 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 > > 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. > > Cheers, > Pasi > > [1] http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/requirements/ > > -- > Pasi Lallinaho (knome) › http://open.knome.fi/ > Xubuntu Website Lead & Council member › http://xubuntu.org/ > Shimmer Project co-founder › http://shimmerproject.org/ > Ubuntu member > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
