▲ 123 ▼ Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements (www.omgubuntu.co.uk) submitted 7 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments You’ll need at least 6GB of RAM to run Ubuntu 26.04 LTS comfortably, as the upcoming version of the distro raises its minimum memory requirement for the first time since 2019.
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 13 points 7 months ago (3 children) Ubuntu is bloated Debian requires at least 512MB of memory and 4GB of hard disk space for installation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] vermaterc@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago (1 child) Memory requirements does not mean that something is bloated. Windows XP required 64 MB of RAM. Does it mean Debian is bloated then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] towerful@programming.dev 17 points 7 months ago 2026 Debian Vs 2001 windows? Or 2001 Debian Vs 2001 windows? Cause 2001 Debian 2.2 was like 4MB ram, maybe 16 if you are really going for it! https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/omnibook/boot-floppies/current/doc/ch-hardware-req.en.html So yeh, let's continue comparing apples and oranges. FreeRTOS is bloatware cause we were able to orbit a sphere that could reflect radio waves with a bunch of tubes and a handful of germanium. What the fuck is this "windows xp Vs modern Debian" shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago There's a "minimal" install that gives you a bare desktop. The only thing I would consider bloatware is snapd. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vermaterc@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago (1 child) Memory requirements does not mean that something is bloated. Windows XP required 64 MB of RAM. Does it mean Debian is bloated then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] towerful@programming.dev 17 points 7 months ago 2026 Debian Vs 2001 windows? Or 2001 Debian Vs 2001 windows? Cause 2001 Debian 2.2 was like 4MB ram, maybe 16 if you are really going for it! https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/omnibook/boot-floppies/current/doc/ch-hardware-req.en.html So yeh, let's continue comparing apples and oranges. FreeRTOS is bloatware cause we were able to orbit a sphere that could reflect radio waves with a bunch of tubes and a handful of germanium. What the fuck is this "windows xp Vs modern Debian" shit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] towerful@programming.dev 17 points 7 months ago 2026 Debian Vs 2001 windows? Or 2001 Debian Vs 2001 windows? Cause 2001 Debian 2.2 was like 4MB ram, maybe 16 if you are really going for it! https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/omnibook/boot-floppies/current/doc/ch-hardware-req.en.html So yeh, let's continue comparing apples and oranges. FreeRTOS is bloatware cause we were able to orbit a sphere that could reflect radio waves with a bunch of tubes and a handful of germanium. What the fuck is this "windows xp Vs modern Debian" shit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago There's a "minimal" install that gives you a bare desktop. The only thing I would consider bloatware is snapd. permalink fedilink source parent