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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]]: +**[[https://xubuntu.org/|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: Processor x86_64 
 +  * RAM: 512 MB (for the installation only. Once installed you only require 128mb of RAM) 
 +  * Disk Space: 1.4GB 
  
-[[http://www.kwort.org/?page=SectionViewer&section=documentation&ID=23|Kwort]] +**[[https://mxlinux.org|MX 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. +MX Linux is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS communities. It is a midweight OS based on a Debian Stable base and drawing from the core antiX system. 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)+  * A CD/DVD drive (and BIOS capable of booting from that drive), or a live USB (and BIOS capable of booting from USB) 
 +  * A modern i686 Intel or AMD processor 
 +  * 512 MB of RAM memory 
 +  * 5 GB free hard drive space 
 +  * For use as a LiveUSB, 4 GB free. 
 + 
 +**[[https://opensuse.org|openSUSE]]** 
 + 
 +openSUSE is a stable, easy to use and complete multi-purpose Linux distribution. It is aimed towards users and developers working on the desktop or server. Therefore it offers Xfce besides other desktop environments. openSUSE is available as fixed release ("Leap") or as rolling release ("Tumbleweed"). 
 +It's minimum requirements are: 
 +  * Pentium 4 1.6 GHz or higher processor (Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or higher or any AMD64 or Intel64 processor recommended) 
 +  * Main memory: 1 GB physical RAM (2 GB recommended) 
 +  * Hard disk: 3 GB available disk space for a minimal install, 5 GB available for a graphical desktop (more recommended) 
 +  * Sound and graphics cards: supports most modern sound and graphics cards, 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 or higher recommended) 
 +  * Booting from DVD drive or USB-Stick for installation, or support for booting over network