▲ 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.
[+] morto@piefed.social -1 points 7 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 months ago Read the article. Raising the recommended RAM requirements is not because the Resolute Raccoon requires more resources than before, not directly – this is not a 2GB RAM jump solely to load the OS and nothing else. Rather, it’s more of an honesty bump. Components that make up the distro – the GNOME desktop and extensions, modern web browsers (and the sites we load in them) and the kinds of apps we use (and keep running) whilst multitasking are more demanding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 months ago Read the article. Raising the recommended RAM requirements is not because the Resolute Raccoon requires more resources than before, not directly – this is not a 2GB RAM jump solely to load the OS and nothing else. Rather, it’s more of an honesty bump. Components that make up the distro – the GNOME desktop and extensions, modern web browsers (and the sites we load in them) and the kinds of apps we use (and keep running) whilst multitasking are more demanding. permalink fedilink source parent