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.
AFAIK perfomance and low resource usage has never been a main objective of this distro
Ubuntu is bloated
Debian requires at least 512MB of memory and 4GB of hard disk space for installation.
Memory requirements does not mean that something is bloated.
Windows XP required 64 MB of RAM. Does it mean Debian is bloated then?
2026 Debian Vs 2001 windows?
Or 2001 Debian Vs 2001 windows?Cause 2001 Debian 2.2 was like 4MB ram, maybe 16 if you are really going for it!
https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/omnibook/boot-floppies/current/doc/ch-hardware-req.en.htmlSo yeh, let’s continue comparing apples and oranges.
FreeRTOS is bloatware cause we were able to orbit a sphere that could reflect radio waves with a bunch of tubes and a handful of germanium.What the fuck is this “windows xp Vs modern Debian” shit?
So at this rate I’m about 10 years I’ll need 9gigs of RAM? Thats not bad for what Ubuntu is.
I guess it was inevitable (for multiple reasons). Fortunately, there are lighter flavors of Ubuntu. For the more experienced unwilling to spend their resources this way, there are always other distros.
I’m not up on the flavours of Ubuntu, but I assume the LTS version is more server oriented and what in the name of whatever you hold holy is there that needs 6 GB to boot an OS? Have they ported bash to electron?
What are you so surprised about? Ubuntu is aiming to replace Windows and is moving in a similar direction. The minimal effort required for installation and use is offset by the increased hardware requirements.
Minimal effort installation doesn’t increase hardware requirements. The problem is bad desktop software and websites, you get the same problem with Gentoo.
