Updating minimum requirements

Sat May 2 13:30:46 UTC 2020

While it is possible to run Xubuntu on ARM and PowerPC, it's not 
supported. For the same reason as dropping i386, we simply don't have 
the testers or developers available to support these platforms. As we've 
actually encountered several architecture-specific issues in the past, 
this is a real concern. Adding these options to the download page 
suggests that we would support them.

As for the recommended requirements, these seem sensible to me.

On 5/1/20 12:40 PM, Yousuf Philips wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, though I guess it can run on ARM and 
> PowerPC if you go the netboot or ubuntu server routes and then install 
> the xubuntu desktop on top of it. Maybe you can give it a try and let 
> us know how it goes so we can put that info on the download page as 
> well. I've seen a number of videos of people running XFCE on RPis.
>
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/18.04/
> https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi
> https://ubuntu.com/download/server/power
>
> @Team: Regarding the recommended requirements, here is my suggestion 
> based on what is recommended by ubuntu mate, linux lite, peppermint, 
> and ubuntu <https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop>.
>
> 1.5 GHz dual core processor
> 2 GB system memory
> 20 GB of free hard drive space
>
>
> On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 2:26 PM Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ericcurtin17 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     The only feedback I would have is maybe it is worth specifying the
>     architecture that is required.
>
>     So maybe it could say an x86-64 processor.
>
>     When I see the first sentence immediately think, oh cool, maybe I can
>     get it running on my Raspberry Pi 3 (it has a 64-bit ARM chip, fedora
>     and opensuse 64-bit run on it at least). Can it run on a PowerPC
>     64-bit mac? etc.
>
>     But from the mention of PAE and the lack of an .iso maybe it's not
>     possible on a rpi3 without some effort. It's not 100% obvious from the
>     requirements.
>
>     By the way if you haven't noticed I'd definitely be interested in a
>     rpi3 xubuntu 20.04 disk image or .iso :)
>
>     I use my rpi3 to test stuff on aarch64 architecture all the time.
>
>     On 01/05/2020, Yousuf Philips <ypharis at gmail.com
>     <mailto:ypharis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Here is my suggestion for how the minimum section should look.
>     >
>     > To *install* and *use Xubuntu* 20.04 or higher, you need a
>     64-bit processor
>     > with at least *512 MB of memory*. You can also *try Xubuntu*
>     within athe
>     > USD
>     > or DesktopDVD with the same amount of memory. Keep in mind that
>     running the
>     > system from a USB or DVD will be slower than an installed system.
>     >
>     > When you install Xubuntu from the Desktop DVD, you need about
>     87.5 GB of
>     > free space on your hard disk.
>     >
>     > *Your processor* needs to *support PAE* in order to run Xubuntu
>     18.04 or
>     > lower.
>     >
>     >
>     > On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 1:40 AM Sean Davis <sean at bluesabre.org
>     <mailto:sean at bluesabre.org>> wrote:
>     >
>     >> It should be noted that Xubuntu 20.04 and newer doesn't support
>     >> 32-bit/i386. So we might be able to utilize or reference this, or
>     >> otherwise
>     >> somehow make that clear:
>     >>
>     >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64
>     >>
>     >> Thanks!
>     >> On 4/30/20 4:04 PM, Yousuf Philips wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Hi Team,
>     >>
>     >> Today I asked the community about the oldest PCs they are
>     running Xubuntu
>     >> on, and the results can be seen at the links below.
>     >> https://www.facebook.com/xubuntuusers/posts/2791757004206522
>     >> https://twitter.com/Xubuntu/status/1255768852715180033
>     >>
>     >> Here are some of the lowest specs pulled from the links above.
>     >> Intel Celeron 462 Mhz, 512MB RAM, Came with Windows 98
>     >> Intel Celeron M 900 MHz, 1GB RAM, Came with Asus Linux
>     >> Intel Atom N270, 1GB DDR2 RAM, Came with Windows XP Home
>     >>
>     >> We can also utilize minimum requirements from other distros as
>     a guide,
>     >> like Linux Mint, Linux Lite and Drauger OS
>     >> Pentium M 1.0GHz, 1GB RAM, 8GB HDD -
>     >> https://ubuntu-mate.org/about/requirements/
>     >> 1Ghz CPU, 786MB RAM, 8GB HDD -
>     >> https://www.linuxliteos.com/download.php#requirements
>     >> x86 Processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB HDD -
>     >> https://peppermintos.com/guide/downloading/
>     >>
>     >> I did a test with Xubuntu 18.04.3 installed in a VM with 1 CPU
>     Core,
>     >> 512MB
>     >> RAM, 20GB HDD and 1GB Swap and it seemed to run fine for basic
>     tasks,
>     >> though it a single core of a Intel i5 Gen 4 @ 3.6GHz.
>     >>
>     >> Looking at these details, maybe we dont need to modify the
>     minimum specs,
>     >> but likely we should mention a minimum and recommended processor.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 6:49 PM Yousuf Philips
>     <ypharis at gmail.com <mailto:ypharis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>> Hi Team,
>     >>>
>     >>> I believe that we need to update the minimum requirements page
>     with new
>     >>> minimum and recommended memory and hard disk space.
>     >>> https://xubuntu.org/requirements/
>     >>>
>     >>> Regards,
>     >>> Yousuf
>     >>>
>     >>
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