I have a PC with 1.2GB of RAM (Windows says 756MB). I plan to get another 1GB stick of RAM, but for now, can I install Ubuntu even though I don't have the required 2GB of RAM? I'm using DVD to install and I chose to download the main Ubuntu version on the Ubuntu page. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks :)
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For a given hardware configuration, how do I find out if Ubuntu will run on it? What considerations should I take into account when choosing an Ubuntu version and  such as:    with a lighter desktop than the usual Gnome and Unity  with the even lighter LXDE desktop   Obviously Ubuntu does not run on some processor architectures. So how do I go about choosing the right version and derivate. How can I find out the minmal system requirements?
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I want to install the latest ubuntu (12.04.2 LTS) in my ultrabook asus S56C.  I tried to boot with USB &amp; CD, but both stuck in black screen after choosing "Try Ubuntu..." or "Install Ubuntu"...  Need some help.  Thanks
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I am using Windows 10, and hasn't got not enough SSD storage. So, I decide to install Ubuntu in a 32 GB USB stick (made by tf card and reader ).  I will not just try Ubuntu, but will use it everyday, and will install Python, VS Code, PyCharm, etc... Hope to learn coding with this USB stick. Will it work perfectly?
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I want to install Ubuntu on a mini PC which has only 3.5GB disk space. Do you have any recommendations?
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I want make my installed Ubuntu as light as possible to launch only on 256MB RAM machine (VirtualBox)?  So I'm thinking about removing GNOME and related components completely. How can I do that?  This link does not help me:
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I have a 5 year old notebook computer. It uses Windows XP, and as you might know, this OS now has no support at all. It has a 1.60GHz, 0.98GB of RAM.  What would you guys recommend me , in order for me to happily migrate from Windows XP to Ubuntu program.  I appreciate in advance any help you can provide me regarding this matter.  Regards
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I installed Ubuntu sometime back along side Vista, but later found that I rarely (if ever) use Ubuntu. How easy is it to return my computer to its initial state of having only one OS, and freeing up the hard-drive space used by the Ubuntu install?
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I have just downloaded "ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso" and "ubuntu-14.04.1-server-amd64.iso" through "".   Please can someone confirm the maximum RAM that is supported.  According to many sites, Maximum RAM supported by the OS  ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop : " 2^64 bytes " -- Kindly confirm  ubuntu-14.04.1-server : " 2^64 bytes " -- Kindly confirm
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New Ubuntu user here... I have Ubuntu on my 250GB SSD and I have another 500GB on my laptop that Ubuntu can't find. I'm not sure where or how to start finding it.
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Does Ubuntu Desktop 32 Bit support more than 4GB memory WITHOUT changing anything (Without having to activate PAE via compiling kernel or anything similar). Will installing the 32 Bit Ubuntu on the machine be enough to detect the additional memory automatically. If yes, will this work if I add more than 4GB with a 32Bit Ubuntu already with 4GB Ram. One example would be to have 8GB Ram with Ubuntu 32 Desktop.  My Motherboard supports up to 8GB RAM and it has 32 Bit and 64 Bit support (It is the intel DP35DP)
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I just upgraded my computer's RAM, adding another 4 GB to the computer.  Windows 7 acknowledges that 8 GB is installed, but says only 7.5 GB is accessible.  Any idea why? I thought since I had the 64-bit Professional version this wouldn't be an issue.
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My girlfriend bought a laptop last week. It's a core 2 duo with 4 GB  We installed vista 64bit, and one of the first things we did was right click on "My computer" to see gthe properties. Immediately we noticed something strange about her RAM, the line said: Installed memory (RAM): 4,00 GB (3,68 GB usable)  I told her not to worry, thinking it must be something about the laptop hardware (considering her vista installation came from the same DVD as mine, and I never noticed anything like that on my 4 GB desktop). One hour ago, it got worse. We looked at Properties again, and it now says: Installed memory (RAM): 4,00 GB (2,98 GB usable)  What does that mean? Are those 1,02 GB missing or being used by the system?  EDIT: There is a possibility that the sytem information is wrong. I just noticed that it reports an intel T6500 processor, when it's actually a T6400.  How can I find out how much RAM is really available to the system?  EDIT2: Checking the resource monitors, it says 1003 MB are reserved for the hardware. Is that good or bad? Thanks
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I purchased a PC six months ago for work related tasks. I do 95% of my work on Ubuntu (web development). Now, I want to install Windows on another partition to play a few games on my relax time. Which steps should I follow? Any suggestions? Every guide I found suggest to install Windows and, after that, Ubuntu. Being this my main development machine, I cannot afford the risk of wiping everything.
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I'm going to install 64 bit 14.04 on a new machine with something like 1 to maybe 128GB RAM and even more RAM later. How much space should I allocate to the swap partition?   And especially: WHY those recommendations for these numbers?    (None of the existing answers  and  explain any of the why and are a bit dated if we look at 1GB or RAM and up)
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How will Ubuntu automatically allocate the disk partition sizes when we select Erase disk and install Ubuntu during installation?    Can the settings for automatic space allocation be changed?
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I have Ubuntu on my laptop. Now I want install Windows 7 in a dual-boot. How can I do this? I can't lose my Ubuntu files, and I'm afraid that I might break . Go  for UEFI only!
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I want to install Ubuntu 13.10 on my pre-installed windows 7 pc and I want a dual boot. I have no empty partition on my hard disk drive. I don't want to re-install windows 7 and don't want to install ubuntu on c drive. I want to install on a different partition but I want to resize it. How should I do it? Please answer in steps. Also suggest the amount of space I should allocte to ubuntu 13.10.