Requirements for Ubuntu

[Karl Goetz]

Chris Neary wrote:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4996998.stm
>  
> 	*Minimum* 	*Recommended*
> *Processor* 	800MHz 	1GHz 32 or 64 bit
> *System Memory* 	512MB 	1GB
> *Graphics card* 	DirectX 9 capable 	Runs Windows Aero
> *Graphics Memory* 	- - 	128MB
> *Free space on Hard Drive* 	15GB 	15GB
> */Source: Microsoft/*
> 
Much less then i had heard ;)
>  
>  
> (I count myself as a geek - a power user - I like to hack around with
> stuff, and until recently my fastest machine was a 750MHz machine with
> 128MB ram and 32MB video memory. I know a lot of power geeks out there
> have spec'd up machines to the MAX, but remember - Linux 'degrades'
> nicely to older, slower hardware, and is still used as such even today)

I have gear at both ends :)
>  
> And Ubuntu Dapper's requirements?
>  
> Well, I don't know if they've been released yet, but I can pretty much
> place my house on the fact that it will be less than these released today.
>  
I'm guessing dapper goes along the lines of:
CPU: 500mhz
System memory: 128
Graphics card: arbitary
Graphics Memory: 4mb (8mb?)
Free space on HDD: 3 GB
Source: Karl :)

of course, it runs on better or worse hardware :)
kk

> Discuss. ;-)
>  
> Chris
> 


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Karl Goetz
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