Comment 30 for bug 775124

I went to install 12.04 on my 4gb netbook. First I had to edit
/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/misc.py to override the space check, next I ran out of space. Do you know why I ran out of space? because 12.04 automatically partitioned 2GB of swap (i had 2GB of ram). Next attempt I manually partitioned 500MB of swap, and then I was able to install. Still, I was surprised that 12.04 has regressed in that:
1) the bug I reported here 1 year ago to overide the space check was not addressed, and
2) It was not netbook aware in its automatic partitioning.

Previous versions of ubuntu installed on a netbook would automatically do 500MB for swap. I guess Ubuntu is linux for "new hardware" (not linux for human beings). As I sidenote, the netbook I bought from dell had ubuntu 9.04 pre-installed on it.