Ubuntu 26.04 ARM ISO desktop install needs more than 4GB RAM

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Ubuntu Version:
26.04 LTS

Desktop Environment (if applicable):
GNOME

Problem Description:
I downloaded the ISO for ARM. I wrote the image to a micro SD card.
I can boot the image and start the installation.
After a while gnome-settings-daemon tells me an application stopped and device memory is nearly full.
I know 6GB RAM is recommended, but I wasn’t expecting it to be an issue for installation.

I did get it working by adding swap memory, but that was not trivial (for me). Is there anything we can do to lower the memory in use?

Relevant System Information:
Libre Computer Alta, Amlogic A311D, 4GB RAM

Screenshots or Error Messages:
gnome-settings-daemon tells me an application stopped and device memory is nearly full.

What I’ve Tried:
In the end I got it working by adding swap memory. But that might not be a trivial thing if you want to do a clean install and have no other storage available.

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Use a lighter desktop session like XFCE or LxQt or even just Openbox or similar. Fewer resources used just for the desktop to exist

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Thanks for the suggestion, but that would basically mean I have to get the installer for a lighter Ubuntu flavour to install Ubuntu.

Once installed with swap memory running (gets automatically set up), Gnome is doable with 4GB RAM.

I was hoping for a suggestion like, kill process X as you don’t need it during install.