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Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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You’ll need at least 6GB of RAM to run Ubuntu 26.04 LTS comfortably, as the upcoming version of the distro raises its minimum memory requirement for the first time since 2019.

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[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

No-one commenting seems to have read the article. They are raising the recommended specs due to desktop software and web sites being more resource intensive.

Edit: to add, I would not recommend 6GB RAM for desktop use to anyone. I would say the very minimum is 8GB nowadays.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 points 14 minutes ago

Agreed.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

I would say the very minimum is 8GB nowadays.

I had to check. I do have 8GB, wohoo!

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 52 minutes ago

Depends on what you're doing. If you're okay with very limited Web use, even 2GB is viable (or was about a year ago when I retired that machine). More normal levels of Web use, you're going to need more RAM. Not sure about GPU-constrained loads like 3D modeling, as I never tried them on that machine. But other than those and some games, nothing on Linux should require even 8GB. Server systems can make do with even less.