Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoUbuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1206
arrow-up1206external-linkUbuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018www.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·7 hours agoI don’t immediately hate it. It’s been a while since any laptops/prebuilds shipped with less than 8 GB, and there’s distros out there far better suited to running on low power or legacy hardware.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoYeah my old ass laptop as 16GB so this is a non issue.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 hours agoMy older-ass laptop has 2GB, so it’s kind of an issue for me. (But I never attempted to put Ubuntu on that in the first place. It’s running a much older, purpose-built version of Linux.)
I don’t immediately hate it. It’s been a while since any laptops/prebuilds shipped with less than 8 GB, and there’s distros out there far better suited to running on low power or legacy hardware.
Yeah my old ass laptop as 16GB so this is a non issue.
My older-ass laptop has 2GB, so it’s kind of an issue for me.
(But I never attempted to put Ubuntu on that in the first place. It’s running a much older, purpose-built version of Linux.)