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-squareCaptDust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·6 hours agoWow those min specs are pure bullshit. Sure you can run the OS - oh, did you want to do anything else with your PC? Good luck
minus-squaredjdarren@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·55 minutes agoFunny enough, I installed Win11 on a friend’s HP convertible laptop today. A 2GHz i3 and 4GB RAM, and it was still entirely usable. Not powerful by any means, but a fine socials browser, YouTube viewer, and document writer. I’d have preferred to put Debian on it, but it wasn’t my call, so I did as requested.
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-250 minutes ago A 2GHz i3 Strangely, that really does not narrow down which processor it is to me.
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoNote the spec increase in Ubuntu is partially attributed to GNOME, which is also part of just running the OS before you even open anything.
Wow those min specs are pure bullshit. Sure you can run the OS - oh, did you want to do anything else with your PC? Good luck
Funny enough, I installed Win11 on a friend’s HP convertible laptop today.
A 2GHz i3 and 4GB RAM, and it was still entirely usable. Not powerful by any means, but a fine socials browser, YouTube viewer, and document writer.
I’d have preferred to put Debian on it, but it wasn’t my call, so I did as requested.
Strangely, that really does not narrow down which processor it is to me.
Cheap shit from 2014.
Note the spec increase in Ubuntu is partially attributed to GNOME, which is also part of just running the OS before you even open anything.