Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square199fedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down115
arrow-up1552arrow-down1external-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 · 2 days agomessage-square199fedilink
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down2·2 days agoI don’t immediately hate it. It’s been a while since any laptops/prebuilds shipped with less than 8 GB, and there’s distros out there far better suited to running on low power or legacy hardware.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoi’m not even recommending 8gb laptops to most users anymore… especially not ones with soldered ram that are stuck with only that.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoYeah my old ass laptop as 16GB so this is a non issue.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoMy older-ass laptop has 2GB, so it’s kind of an issue for me. (But I never attempted to put Ubuntu on that in the first place. It’s running a much older, purpose-built version of Linux.)
I don’t immediately hate it. It’s been a while since any laptops/prebuilds shipped with less than 8 GB, and there’s distros out there far better suited to running on low power or legacy hardware.
i’m not even recommending 8gb laptops to most users anymore… especially not ones with soldered ram that are stuck with only that.
Yeah my old ass laptop as 16GB so this is a non issue.
My older-ass laptop has 2GB, so it’s kind of an issue for me.
(But I never attempted to put Ubuntu on that in the first place. It’s running a much older, purpose-built version of Linux.)