Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square180fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 months agomessage-square180fedilink
minus-squaremogoh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOK, but oppose to Windows, you can run Ubuntu 24 until 2029. I don’t think many will use a 4 GB notebook (as a notebook and not as a Debian server) beyond that time.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoLast time i checked they still sell a RPi with less than 4GB of ram.
minus-squarechocrates@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoUbuntu (at least the default wm) runs like shit on rpi. I use Ubuntu everywhere but for small machines I typically find something specific for it.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoI’m using my 2016 Chromebook with 2GB until it literally dies. (Sucker has 16+ hours of battery life. Pretty nice, actually!)
OK, but oppose to Windows, you can run Ubuntu 24 until 2029. I don’t think many will use a 4 GB notebook (as a notebook and not as a Debian server) beyond that time.
Last time i checked they still sell a RPi with less than 4GB of ram.
Ubuntu (at least the default wm) runs like shit on rpi. I use Ubuntu everywhere but for small machines I typically find something specific for it.
I’m using my 2016 Chromebook with 2GB until it literally dies. (Sucker has 16+ hours of battery life. Pretty nice, actually!)