Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoUbuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down110
arrow-up1345arrow-down1external-linkUbuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018www.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squarejeffep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down2·4 months agoGreat move in these times where RAM is cheap and widely available
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoCanonical has never been accused of being able to read the room.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoCanonical is incompetent in general
minus-squareDasSkelett@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoI mean they didn’t go “well, let’s just use 2GB more RAM now”. They looked at the pre-release, and judged that for a good experience you should have 6GB. Chances are that resource consumption of 25.10 hasn’t been very different in practice.
minus-squareDasSkelett@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSee https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/24934365
Great move in these times where RAM is cheap and widely available
Canonical has never been accused of being able to read the room.
Canonical is incompetent in general
I mean they didn’t go “well, let’s just use 2GB more RAM now”. They looked at the pre-release, and judged that for a good experience you should have 6GB. Chances are that resource consumption of 25.10 hasn’t been very different in practice.
See https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/24934365