I’m thinking about purchasing a notebook from DELL and their entry-level (read cheapest) model comes with 256 MB of RAM. I’d like to stay current by using the latest stuff such as CentOS 5 or Fedora 7. Am I good to go or should I get one with at least 512 MB of RAM? Thanks!
Is there any Linux distribution that requires more than 256 MB of RAM out?
Posted by – Juni 22, 2010
If you are planning on running a graphical interface, the more RAM, the better. I personally have tested SuSE, Fedora and Mandriva before. My personal taste now is Slackware, which I have been running for years. I would go with at least 512 MB of RAM for anything that uses the graphical interface.
well there is linux Ubuntu with Beryl,not sure of the requirements,but from the features, I suggest more than 256mb..check it out
I just purchased a Dell 1501 for under $600 with 1GB. There isn’t much documentation on the dell 1501 and linux so I have been making my own as I go. I installed Ubuntu and hated it, Fedora wouldn’t work with ndiswrapper for some reason so I went to CentOS 5. I’ve always used CentOS on my servers but I’m really loving it on my laptop.