Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018

https://lemmy.nz/post/36064042

Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018 - Lemmy NZ

Lemmy

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.
Yeah my old ass laptop as 16GB so this is a non issue.

My older-ass laptop has 2GB, so it’s kind of an issue for me.

(But I never attempted to put Ubuntu on that in the first place. It’s running a much older, purpose-built version of Linux.)

i’m not even recommending 8gb laptops to most users anymore… especially not ones with soldered ram that are stuck with only that.