But how will I run it on my 32bit laptop now? /s
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But I demand my vibe coded AI slop programs run at half the speed of 30 year old software!
In this economy?
Great move in these times where RAM is cheap and widely available
Please everyone read or at least skim articles before posting. The article literally says, that it's "an honest bump" to allow typical usage like web browsing and multitasking.
Ubuntu experts at OMG Ubuntu characterize the latest revision in RAM specs as “an honesty bump.” In other words, the core OS isn’t really more demanding on system resources this time around, but Canonical recognizes that with the latest Gnome desktop, modern web browsers, and typical multitasking workflows, users should look at a minimum of 6GB of RAM.
Please everyone read or at least skim articles before posting.
NEVER!
But that requires actually READING 😖 /j
I'm concerned about in-system bloat because I read the linked article.
Rather, it’s more of an honesty bump. Components that make up the distro – the GNOME desktop and extensions, modern web browsers (and the sites we load in them) and the kinds of apps we use (and keep running) whilst multitasking are more demanding.
The desktop itself isn't the only reason that you need more RAM, but it's definitely one of them.
So basically the system requirements of Chrome.
They’re raising it because of RAM needs of browsers and GNOME.
If you’re a shell nerd like me, you’ll still be fine running it on a potato.
A full potato? Lol, when I was young I had nothing but a french fry, scavenged from a McDonald's bin.
You had McDonalds? That was just a farm in my day. Eee-eye-eee-eye-oh!
Nah, my village just had the bin
It's an illuminating experience to go to a store with Apple computers with 8GB of RAM on display, and browse to a RAM-heavy unoptimized website like YouTube or even Reddit now.
Open a few tabs.
Open a dozen.
You'd be surprised what a decently coded OS can pull off without compromising on the visuals.
I always thought Gnome 3 was bloated.
Gnome 3 was a fad anyway
I switched to Mate for a while at the time, but then realised I liked XFCE even more.
I just checked Woot.com and you can get a refurbished Thinkpad with 16gb of RAM for $230. And there's a scratch and dent Dell netbook with 8gb of RAM for $60.
I don't immediately hate it. It's been a while since any laptops/prebuilds shipped with less than 8 GB, and there's distros out there far better suited to running on low power or legacy hardware.
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Assuming around USD $220 for a 16GB kit of DDR5, it now costs $27.50 more to run Ubuntu.
Wow, it needs more RAM than Windows!
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications
Wow those min specs are pure bullshit. Sure you can run the OS - oh, did you want to do anything else with your PC? Good luck
Funny enough, I installed Win11 on a friend's HP convertible laptop today.
A 2GHz i3 and 4GB RAM, and it was still entirely usable. Not powerful by any means, but a fine socials browser, YouTube viewer, and document writer.
I'd have preferred to put Debian on it, but it wasn't my call, so I did as requested.
A 2GHz i3
Strangely, that really does not narrow down which processor it is to me.
Cheap shit from 2014.
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No no it doesn't. It's spec acknowledges that in addition to your OS you also run applications.
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Meanwhile on my raspberrypi 4 running Ubuntu server:
And my tablet running stock Ubuntu:
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