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Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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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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[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

So at this rate I'm about 10 years I'll need 9gigs of RAM? Thats not bad for what Ubuntu is.

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