Ubuntu now has higher system hardware requirements than Windows 11
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winstonwinston
79a6ed87
Ubuntu Desktop has always been amongst the most consuming distros due to their reliance on GNOME
Even during the time when they didn't and it used Unity, it still was "bloated" in a way
eesmith
Some are higher, some are lower.
Windows, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifica...
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores, 4 gigabytes RAM, 64 GB or larger storage device, UEFI, Secure Boot capable, (TPM) version 2.0, Windows 11 Pro for personal use and Windows 11 Home require internet connectivity and a Microsoft account during initial device setup.
Ubuntu, this link, https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/
2 GHz dual-core processor or better, a minimum of 6GB RAM and 25 GB of free hard drive space. For ISO-based installs, you will need a USB port or DVD drive for the installation media. An internet connection is ... not required for the initial installation.
No requirement listed for UEFI, TPM, or account with a company that the Human Rights Council and others describe as aiding and abetting atrocity crimes.
nope1000
I can't imagine that Windows 11 would be usable with a 2 core 1GHz processor and 4GB of ram. It might install, but opening the start menu alone will fill up your memory (slightly hyperbole)
xhkkffbf
Do the servers really require 1.5gb? I've always enjoyed using super cheap instances with just 0.5gb of RAM at places like Vultr. I guess the new version won't handle those chores.
RAM is expensive. Didn't they get the memo/invoice?
winstonwinston
Very likely, from experience package manager like dnf consumes about 1GB of memory just to fetch package metadata.
doubled112
The dnf autorefresh service bit me running a small Alma instance for the first time.
Debian and apt seemed to require less RAM then, but that was a few years ago now.
"Enterprise Linux 10" based distros by comparison cut out support for a lot of what they consider legacy hardware in current versions. Namely CPU must support x86-64-v3 which means AVX/AVX2 capable CPU only, whereas Windows (Server 2025) is supported, probably FreeBSD as well.