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&ref-no-desktop-hd;
With Desktop
&ref-with-desktop-ram-minimum;
&ref-with-desktop-ram-recommend;
&ref-with-desktop-hd;
The minimum values assumes that swap will be enabled and a non-live image is used. The <quote>No desktop</quote> value assumes that the text-based installer (not the graphical one) is used.
The actual minimum memory requirements are a lot less than the numbers listed in this table. With swap enabled, it is possible to install &debian; with as little as &minimum-memory-strict;. The same goes for the disk space requirements, especially if you pick and choose which applications to install; see <xref linkend="tasksel-size-list"/> for additional information on disk space requirements.
The installer normally automatically enables memory-saving tricks to be able to run on such low-memory system, but on architectures that are less tested it may miss doing so. It can however be enabled manually by appending the <userinput>lowmem=1</userinput> or even <userinput>lowmem=2</userinput> boot parameter (see also <xref linkend="lowmem"/> and <xref linkend="installer-args"/>).
On &architecture; the lowmem levels have not been tested, so automatic detection is probably outdated and you thus probably <emphasis>need</emphasis> to pass the boot parameter if your system has little memory.
Installation on systems with less memory<footnote condition="gtk"> <para> Installation images that support the graphical installer require more memory than images that support only the text-based installer and should not be used on systems with less than &minimum-memory; of memory. If there is a choice between booting the text-based and the graphical installer, the former should be selected on such systems. </para> </footnote> or disk space available may be possible but is only advised for experienced users.
It is possible to run a graphical desktop environment on older or low-end systems, but in that case it is recommended to install a window manager that is less resource-hungry than those of the GNOME or KDE Plasma desktop environments; alternatives include <classname>xfce4</classname>, <classname>icewm</classname> and <classname>wmaker</classname>, but there are others to choose from.

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  1. Debian Installation Guide
  2. Preparing
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The minimum values assumes that swap will be enabled and a non-live image is used. The <quote>No desktop</quote> value assumes that the text-based installer (not the graphical one) is used.
The minimum values assumes that swap will be enabled and a non-live image is used. The <quote>No desktop</quote> value assumes that the text-based installer (not the graphical one) is used.
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Tag: para
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ignore-newline-count, ignore-same, ignore-translated, no-c-format, read-only
Source string location
preparing.xml:789
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5 months ago
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po/pot/preparing.pot, string 129