Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 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-square202linkfedilinkarrow-up1579arrow-down116
arrow-up1563arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square202linkfedilink
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down2·6 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-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 days agoYeah my old ass laptop as 16GB so this is a non issue.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 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.)
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoi’m not even recommending 8gb laptops to most users anymore… especially not ones with soldered ram that are stuck with only that.
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.
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.)
i’m not even recommending 8gb laptops to most users anymore… especially not ones with soldered ram that are stuck with only that.