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 ======System Requirements====== ======System Requirements======
  
 +Xfce runs on over [[http://distrowatch.com/search.php?desktop=Xfce|90 UNIX-like distributions]]. Below is a short list of the distributions that use Xfce as their primary, default Desktop Environment (DE) as well as their minimum system requirements for installation. 
  
-[[http://xubuntu.org/get| Xubuntu]]: +**[[http://xubuntu.org/download/|Xubuntu]]**
-  * CPU: 300Mhz+ +
-  * RAM: 192mb++
  
-[[http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/requirements.html| Luit Linux]] (which uses Xfce) recommends: +Xubuntu is a community‑developed, Ubuntu‑based Linux operating system. Its minimum requirements are: 
-  *CPU  : Intel Pentium I +  * CPU: 1.0Ghz+ (needs to support PAE) 
-  *RAM : 32 Mb+  * RAM: 512MiB+ for Desktop/LiveCD 
 +  * Hard drive space: 7.5GB 
 +  * Graphics card and monitor capable of 800x600 resolution
  
-[[http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=7002|OSNews.com]] in reader comment dated 2005 +**[[http://www.kwort.org/?page=SectionViewer&section=documentation&ID=23|Kwort]]**
-  * XFCE - Minimum: P133 with 32mb ram +
  
-[[http://wolvix.org/node/267|Wolvix.org]] +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: 
-  *  User recommends at least 192MB for XFCE4. Another recommends +200MHz and 96MB RAM. Note that Wolvix is a livecd and has a ramdisk.+  * 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://www.kwort.org/?page=SectionViewer&section=documentation&ID=23|Kwort]] +**[[http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/requirements.html|Luit Linux]]** 
-  *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. +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: 
-     - 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)+  * CPU: Intel Pentium I 
 +  * RAM: 32 Mb 
 + 
 +**[[http://www.mythbuntu.org/|Mythbuntu]]** 
 + 
 +Mythbuntu is //"an official Ubuntu flavor focused upon setting up a standalone MythTV based PVR system.Mythbuntu uses the XFCE desktop. All unnecessary standard Ubuntu applications such as LibreOffice, Evolution, and a full Gnome desktop are not installed in a default Mythbuntu install"// Its minimum requirements are: 
 +  * CPU: 1.0 GHz x86 or x86_64 Processor  
 +  * RAM: 512 MB of system memory (RAM)  
 +  * Hard drive space: 2 GB of disk space (Frontend Role) / 10GB + 1.5GB/hour for storage of SD material (Backend Role)  
 +  * Graphics card capable of 1024x768 resolution (if using VDPAU, 256MB minimum)  
 +  * Supported TV Tuner Card (Backend Role)  
 + 
 +===== Memory footprint ===== 
 + 
 +The following memory footprint test was obtained on an OpenSuse 11.4 notebook and [[https://raw.github.com/pixelb/ps_mem/master/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