Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xubuntu-live
The specs for Xubuntu Desktop CD say that it requires 128 MB RAM to
boot. This seems to be incorrect.
I've booted the Xubuntu Desktop CD on an older laptop (Fujitsu E-series
with 128 MB RAM). The desktop is missing all panels and is extremely
slow. Command "free -m" on console shows that all memory has been used
and there is 0 MB RAM left.
When I add some swap space with "swapon /dev/hda2" (which I have made
into a swap partition) everything starts workin much smoother, which
confirms that the issue is simply that Xubuntu Desktop CD uses more than
128 MB of RAM to run.
Unfortunately I could not install Xubuntu using Ubiquity, since the
every step where hard drive partitions are scanned (startup of gparted,
startup of partitioning, startup of copying files) the systems seems to
automatically unmount the swap partition, thus killing the memory of all
applications and thus also the Ubiquity installer halts.
** Affects: xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Xubuntu Desktop CD needs more than 128 MB RAM to boot
https://launchpad.net/bugs/70561
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