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minimum_requirements [2007/04/30 03:01] – 1.5Mb sounded unlikely and I've changed it to Gb 201.89.145.45minimum_requirements [2013/03/13 03:45] – made entries more consistent kevinbowen
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 ======System Requirements====== ======System Requirements======
  
-[[http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/requirements.html| Luit Linux]] (which uses Xfce) recommends: 
-  *CPU  : Intel Pentium I 
-  *RAM : 32 Mb 
  
-[[http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=7002|OSNews.com]] in reader comment dated 2005 +[[http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/| Xubuntu]]:
-  * XFCE - Minimum: P133 with 32mb ram +
  
-[[http://wolvix.org/node/267|Wolvix.org]] +Xubuntu is a community‑developed, Ubuntu‑based Linux operating system. Its minimum requirements are: 
-  *  User recommends at least 192MB for XFCE4. Another recommends +200MHz and 96MB RAM. Note that Wolvix is a livecd and has a ramdisk.+  * CPU: 500Mhz+ 
 +  * RAM: 256MiB+ for Desktop/LiveCD - 512MiB recommended 
 +  * Hard drive space: 5GB 
 +  * Graphics card and monitor capable of 800x600 resolution
  
 [[http://www.kwort.org/?page=SectionViewer&section=documentation&ID=23|Kwort]] [[http://www.kwort.org/?page=SectionViewer&section=documentation&ID=23|Kwort]]
-  *Kwort is a slackware-based operating system featuring the Xfce4 desktop with Kwort's own Network Manager and kpkg package manager. Its minimum requirements are: 
-     -  Processor: PC i486 or above. 
-     - RAM: 16Mb for base system (minimum). 32Mb for desktop (minimum), 64Mb recommended. 
-     - Disk Space: 200Mb for base system, 1.5Gb for full desktop (Openoffice 2.0 included). 
  
 +Kwort is a slackware-based operating system featuring the Xfce4 desktop with Kwort's own Network Manager and kpkg package manager. Its minimum requirements are:
 +  * CPU: PC i686 or above.
 +  * RAM: 16MB for base system (minimum). 32MB for desktop (minimum), 64MB recommended.
 +  * Hard drive space: 200MB for base system, 1.5GB for full desktop (Openoffice 2.0 included)
 +
 +[[http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/requirements.html| Luit Linux]] (which uses Xfce)
 +
 +Luit Linux //"is a small bootable live CD distribution based on KNOPPIX and DamnSmall Linux. Mission is to make a small compact live distribution with tools and applications for day to day needs, without compromising on its looks and feel and ease of use."// Its minimum requirements are:
 +
 +  * CPU: Intel Pentium I
 +  * RAM: 32 Mb
 +
 +[[http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=7002|OSNews.com]] in reader comment dated 2005
 +  * XFCE - Minimum: P133 with 32mb ram 
 +
 +[[Memory footprint]]
 +
 +The following memory footprint test was obtained on an OpenSuse 11.4 notebook and [[http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/ps_mem.py|this script]].
 +  * Runlevel 3 : 33 MiB
 +  * Login screen with kdm4 (and no opened session) : 115 MiB
 +  * TWM session : 80 MiB
 +  * IceWM session : 83 MiB
 +  * Xfce 4.8 session : 133 MiB
 +  * KDE 4.6.0 : 280 MiB