Just saw this article, from Tom's Hardware. Wonder how many will be effected.
I think that will depend on how many users multitask at once, dual monitor setups etc.
I can see that some notebooks might struggle (there have been reports on here by users having issues with Zorin 18 which is 24.04 not running smoothly on a 4 Gb machine.
It was because of this I installed LMDE 7 on a client's really slow Acer Notebook that previously had Windows 10 on it.
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Ubuntu experts at OMG Ubuntu characterize the latest revision in RAM specs as “an honesty bump.” In other words, the core OS isn’t really more demanding on system resources this time around, but Canonical recognizes that with the latest Gnome desktop, modern web browsers, and typical multitasking workflows, users should look at a minimum of 6GB of RAM.
Zorin OS minimum hardware specifications (as listed in System Requirements link under Frequently Asked Questions.)
"These are the minimum hardware specifications required to install Zorin OS on a computer..."
- CPU: 1 GHz Dual Core – Intel/AMD 64-bit processor
- RAM: 2 GB
- Storage: 15 GB (Core), 35 GB (Education), or 45 GB (Pro)
- Display: 800 × 600 resolution
Time for "an honesty bump?"
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the minimum maybe 6GB but the recommended should be 8GB
its not just the operating system that requires more RAM modern software requires more RAM also.
just my thoughts
best of luck Steve ..
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Yes, I think it was nothing more than an "honesty bump" considering average consumer usage. I tried to get the new Kubuntu beta up and running as a live session on my computer but no luck. I wanted to check the RAM usage and new features. Hopefully that'll be fixed in the near future.
And I agree, Zorin should follow and bump their minimum specs up to 4 GB. The system might technically load with 2 GB (maybe...), but you're not going to be able to do anything with it.
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In the following video, Lunduke talks about Linux recent decision to drop support for the 486; I think most of his remarks are also applicable here.
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