Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 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-square68fedilinkarrow-up1219
arrow-up1219external-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 · 9 hours agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squaredjdarren@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours 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-22 hours ago A 2GHz i3 Strangely, that really does not narrow down which processor it is to me.
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.