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Ubuntu minimum requirements (self.linux)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by dis_honestfamiliar to c/[email protected]

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Anyone know minimum requirements to run Ubuntu. The main flavor as well as any other you want to share. Also, suggest any other distrio for a 15 year old laptop. Thanks.

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[–] reallychris 2 points 2 years ago

according to the site, 2ghz cpu and 4gb ram is recommended. if you're running lower specs than that i'd probably suggest something with xfce, which will be less demanding but still look and feel relatively modern. some good (imo) xfce distros are xubuntu, linux mint xfce, or peppermint, if you need a 32 bit iso.

i'm currently using xubuntu on a thinkpad t430 with 3ghz i5 cpu and 4gb of ram and it runs really well.