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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/getxubuntu/| Xubuntu]]:+**[[https://xubuntu.org/|Xubuntu]]**
  
 Xubuntu is a community‑developed, Ubuntu‑based Linux operating system. Its minimum requirements are: Xubuntu is a community‑developed, Ubuntu‑based Linux operating system. Its minimum requirements are:
-  * CPU: 500Mhz+ +  * CPU: 1.0Ghz+ (needs to support PAE) 
-  * RAM: 256MiB+ for Desktop/LiveCD - 512MiB recommended +  * RAM: 512MiB+ for Desktop/LiveCD 
-  * Hard drive space: 5GB+  * Hard drive space: 7.5GB
   * Graphics card and monitor capable of 800x600 resolution   * 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: 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. +  * CPU: Processor x86_64 
-  * RAM: 16MB for base system (minimum). 32MB for desktop (minimum), 64MB recommended. +  * RAM: 512 MB (for the installation only. Once installed you only require 128mb of RAM) 
-  * Hard drive space: 200MB for base system, 1.5GB for full desktop (Openoffice 2.0 included)+  * Disk Space: 1.4GB 
  
-[[http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/requirements.html| Luit Linux]] (which uses Xfce)+**[[https://mxlinux.org|MX Linux]]**
  
-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:+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:
  
-  * CPU: Intel Pentium I +  * A CD/DVD drive (and BIOS capable of booting from that drive), or a live USB (and BIOS capable of booting from USB) 
-  * RAM: 32 Mb+  * 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.
  
-[[http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=7002|OSNews.com]] in reader comment dated 2005 +**[[https://opensuse.org|openSUSE]]**
-  * XFCE - Minimum: P133 with 32mb ram +
  
-[[Memory footprint]] +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: 
-The following memory footprint test was obtained on an OpenSuse 11.4 notebook and [[http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/ps_mem.py|this script]]. +  * Pentium 4 1.6 GHz or higher processor (Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or higher or any AMD64 or Intel64 processor recommended) 
-  * Runlevel 3 : 33 MiB +  * Main memory: 1 GB physical RAM (2 GB recommended) 
-  * Login screen with kdm4 (and no opened session) : 115 MiB +  * Hard disk: 3 GB available disk space for a minimal install, 5 GB available for a graphical desktop (more recommended) 
-  * TWM session : 80 MiB +  * Sound and graphics cards: supports most modern sound and graphics cards, 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 or higher recommended) 
-  * IceWM session : 83 MiB +  * Booting from DVD drive or USB-Stick for installation, or support for booting over network
-  * Xfce 4.8 session : 133 MiB +
-  * KDE 4.6.0 : 280 MiB+