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minimum_requirements [2010/10/02 17:26] – external edit 127.0.0.1minimum_requirements [2013/03/13 03:28] – Updated Xubuntu system requirements kevinbowen
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-[[http://xubuntu.org/get| Xubuntu]]: +[[http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/| Xubuntu]]: 
-  * CPU: 300Mhz+ +  * CPU: 500Mhz+ 
-  * RAM: 192mb++  * RAM: 256MB+ for Desktop/Live CD 512MiB recommended 
 +  * Hard drive: 5GB 
 +  * Graphics card and monitor capable of 800x600 resolution
  
 [[http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/requirements.html| Luit Linux]] (which uses Xfce) recommends: [[http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/requirements.html| Luit Linux]] (which uses Xfce) recommends:
-  *CPU  : Intel Pentium I +  * CPU: Intel Pentium I 
-  *RAM : 32 Mb+  * RAM: 32 Mb
  
 [[http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=7002|OSNews.com]] in reader comment dated 2005 [[http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=7002|OSNews.com]] in reader comment dated 2005
   * XFCE - Minimum: P133 with 32mb ram    * XFCE - Minimum: P133 with 32mb ram 
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-[[http://wolvix.org/node/267|Wolvix.org]] 
-  *  User recommends at least 192MB for XFCE4. Another recommends +200MHz and 96MB RAM. Note that Wolvix is a livecd and has a ramdisk. 
  
 [[http://www.kwort.org/?page=SectionViewer&section=documentation&ID=23|Kwort]] [[http://www.kwort.org/?page=SectionViewer&section=documentation&ID=23|Kwort]]
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      - RAM: 16Mb for base system (minimum). 32Mb for desktop (minimum), 64Mb recommended.      - 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)      - Disk Space: 200Mb for base system, 1.5Gb for full desktop (Openoffice 2.0 included)
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 +[[Memory footprint]]
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 +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