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Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago

The desktop software in question is GNOME, which is an integral part of the OS... So it's definitely true that part of the bloat is because the software running the OS itself is now using more RAM.

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