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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I think the bottleneck is going to be "anything graphical" - most linux distros can be installed in "minimal" mode with just basic system - I'd start from there, so for me it would be Debian 12 with the "minimal CD" (https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/) - but this of course depends on how well supported the network card on your laptop is.

Then add some lightweight window manager (so not Gnome or KDE), like bspwn (https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm).

Don't go for Chrome/Firefox - perhaps something like Vivaldi (though this will most likely be the "resource hog" regardless).

Then add the software you need.