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@@ -6,43 +6,10 @@
<para>
-You must have at least &minimum-memory; of memory and &minimum-fs-size;
-of hard disk space to perform a normal installation. Note that these are
-fairly minimal numbers. For more realistic figures, see
+We recommend at least &ref-no-desktop-ram-minimum; of memory and &minimum-fs-size;
+of hard disk space to perform an installation. For more detailed values, see
<xref linkend="minimum-hardware-reqts"/>.
-</para><para>
-
-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"/>).
-
-</para><warning condition="lowmem-unchecked"><para>
-
-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-is probably outdated and you thus probably 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.
-
-</para></warning><para>
-
-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.
-
</para>
</sect1>