Sunshine@piefed.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 6 days agoA popular Linux distro now has higher system hardware requirements than Windows 11www.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down149
arrow-up1-39arrow-down1external-linkA popular Linux distro now has higher system hardware requirements than Windows 11www.neowin.netSunshine@piefed.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squarewho@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·6 days ago Category Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Windows 11 Processor (CPU) Dual-core 2 GHz or faster processor 1 GHz or faster, 2+ cores Memory (RAM) 6 GB minimum 4 GB minimum Storage 25 GB free disk space 64 GB or larger storage device Architecture 64-bit only 64-bit only Security Hardware No TPM requirement TPM 2.0 required That laughably understates the RAM required for Windows to be useful.
minus-squarehornedfiend@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoif you run Windows 11 on 4GB ram, it’s just to stare at a UI. The ms you click anything, it crashes.
That laughably understates the RAM required for Windows to be useful.
if you run Windows 11 on 4GB ram, it’s just to stare at a UI. The ms you click anything, it crashes.