On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 07:53:19AM +0100, jdd wrote:
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky a écrit :
I've successfully installed both Gnome and KDE desktops from the 11.2 RC1 DVD on a 512 MB laptop. The LiveCDs don't really work
I could install on a 256Mb ram computer from the live cd (not going live, of course) and it worked - 2 hours works though :-)
not recommanded, but it didn't work with 11.1
I would suggest to split the requirements into "usable installation", requiering at least 1 GB memory, decent CPU, 70GB hard disk (are there any smaller hd's still around, anyway?), at least 1024x768 graphical resolution. That would be a system an end user could actually work with. Then there is the "theoretically absolute minimum installation, using all the tweaks you can get". That would be the 512/256MB installations, probably running out of disk space as soon as the user tries to save his .bash_history, and having no graphical resolution to speak of (why should they? The system is not usable for someone sitting in front of it anyway). It's a modern operating system, so please use a modern computer. If you use less, you either need to know what you're doing (and why you're doing it - of course there are scenarios where a minimum installation is the right thing), or you're hitting limits whenever you try to do something. But we're not doing the end users a favor by suggesting he could install on such a minimum system. That will only cause frustration the moment he logs on. Rasmus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-testing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-testing+help@opensuse.org