Ubuntu

Install with 64 megs ram

Asked by Ray Carbuhn

I would like to install on a 64meg (maybe 128) Toshiba 2540XCDT laptop.
It won't, just runs for hours reading the CD in bursts then waiting about 1 sec
or so and doing this again. Same CD runs OK on 2 another machines. (7.1)
I presume it is lack of RAM. I can only buy 64 meg extra giving 128 total.
Will 128 be enough to get it off the ground?
Would like to know before forking out for the extra 64 megs.
Is there any smart way around this? I am from the OS/2 world.
RayC

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Chris Fox (robotninja) said : 		#1

Ray,

From http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatIsUbuntu/desktopedition:

"Ubuntu is available for PC, 64-Bit and Mac architectures. At least 256 MB of RAM is required to run the desktop install CD. Install requires at least 4 GB of disk space."

For what it's worth, at 128mb RAM the standard version of Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop would be very sluggish and therefore not ideal. You may prefer to use Xubuntu, which uses the XFCE desktop environment and has much lower system requirements:

http://www.xubuntu.org/get#requirements

Good luck!

Chris

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John Bruno (jbalaska) said : 		#2

I have a old PII with 64MB ram that I recently installed puppy Linux on, It runs very well and puppy is easy to install as well. another very lite distro is DSL (Damn small Linux) but imho puppy has a nicer GUI and better hardware detection.

Have fun with your older machine and Linux!

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