ram value

src/freedombone-image

 export TEXTDOMAIN=${PROJECT_NAME}-image
 export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
 
+# recommended RAM for virtual machines
+VM_MEMORY='1G'
+
 VARIANT='full'
 
 # fixed username and password when the --generic option is used
 "
     else
         if [[ $IMAGE_TYPE != "qemu-x86_64"* && $IMAGE_TYPE != "qemu-amd64"* ]]; then
-            echo "qemu-system-i386 $(ls ${PROJECT_NAME}*.qcow2)"
+            echo "qemu-system-i386 -m ${VM_MEMORY} $(ls ${PROJECT_NAME}*.qcow2)"
         else
-            echo "qemu-system-x86_64 $(ls ${PROJECT_NAME}*.qcow2)"
+            echo "qemu-system-x86_64 -m ${VM_MEMORY} $(ls ${PROJECT_NAME}*.qcow2)"
         fi
         echo $"
     Username: $USERNAME