I've searched around; found the minimum processor requirements for Ubuntu 16.04 in an offical format. I can't find offical guidelines for 12.04 and 14.04 ... just various people giving their opinions.  Does anyone know the URL(s) for where Ubuntu bury this information? - I have an old 32-bit machine with a T1350 processor (not even dual-core) running at 1.8GHz - It's running Windows 10 slowly with it's maximum 4gb of installed RAM. - I have Lubuntu downloaded ... - I'm just thinking that Ubuntu may give me a better experience than Lubuntu ... but which to choose ...   Thanks folks.  Regards, T
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For a given hardware configuration, how do I find out if Ubuntu will run on it? What considerations should I take into account when choosing an Ubuntu version and  such as:    with a lighter desktop than the usual Gnome and Unity  with the even lighter LXDE desktop   Obviously Ubuntu does not run on some processor architectures. So how do I go about choosing the right version and derivate. How can I find out the minmal system requirements?
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I have an Asus K55V and I'm wondering which version of Ubuntu I should be attempting to use. The website offers 12.04 (LTS) and 12.10.
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Okay my question is that, I want to run a heavy application, on a Virtual Machine (VirtualBox) with just 2 GB RAM (Windows 7 32Bit Host has 4 GB, 3.5 GB effective). Initially I thought of installing Ubuntu Server 12.04.1, which doesn't come with a GUI, so I thought it would be efficient in performance, but I have only Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop.  My question is, is it possible to remove the GUI parts in Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop (Not Server), keeping only the core OS, after installation in a virtual machine?   Or, is there anyway to improve the performance of the OS?  If you need more information, I am ready to provide.  I don't want the GUI or anything, even a small terminal window is fine for me, I can access files through FTP.
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I'm going to install 64 bit 14.04 on a new machine with something like 1 to maybe 128GB RAM and even more RAM later. How much space should I allocate to the swap partition?   And especially: WHY those recommendations for these numbers?    (None of the existing answers  and  explain any of the why and are a bit dated if we look at 1GB or RAM and up)
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I have a dell laptop with 4GB of ram and 500GB of storage.I just finished installing windows 8.1 32bit version, which utilizes 3GB of ram.  Can I install and run Ubuntu to utilize that unusable portion of Ram.Then how?  Thanks in advance
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I have a fast machine - let's say Intel Core i7, SSD drive, Nvidia GTX 560 card.  I don't need an eye-candy system. I still need to perform it properly, that meaning have latest drivers, use my hardware properly.   I think it's strange to say:      Well, this PC is so fast, let's install GNOME3 on it, it will handle,   so whatever.   Why wouldn't I install Lubuntu on it, just as I use it on my net-book? In other words is Lubuntu a good choice or not? I mean, does Lubuntu have any disadvantages to it when it comes to new hardware support, or whatever?   Note: This may look like an off-topic question leading only to a discussion, but bear with me for a second here. I don't mean to discuss which of the two is better or whatever, I'd rather hear facts.
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I have an older HP netbook and am looking for a 32-bit version of Ubuntu 18.04 desktop. Can you advise if one is available?
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I am a bit financially strapped and received a Gateway GT5056 tower. The tower has an AMD dual core 64-bit processor in it. Will Ubuntu 12.04 run on this machine? I will not have any other application other than LibreOffice installed.
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I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS about 2 weeks ago. A week later a newer LTS came out. Now I know that I will get to upgrade in June but I don't know if I should upgrade or not. Please give me suggestions.
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What is the difference between standard i386 download and the amd64 download of Ubuntu 11.04? I am currently running the i386 on an amd machine, would my system work better with the amd64 download instead? (my machine was running Windows 7 64bit, but I neglected to look at that prior to installing Ubuntu).
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When I go to the downloads page to get Ubuntu, it automatically downloads the AMD version, but my computer has no hardware with AMD on it. I only have Intel and Nvidia. Also, when I install this AMD version on my computer, it works (other than the constant random freezing of the computer when I use Ubuntu). I don't really understand why the amd version works on a computer with an intel processor.
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I don't have any knowledge in hardware and would like to know which RAM should I buy for my laptop.  How do I discover what RAM I need &amp; how much my machine can take?  I have a Razer Blade 15 (RZ09-02705F76) 2018 but don't know if there is a specific type or format of RAM that suits it and don't know where to find this information.
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I have just downloaded "ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso" and "ubuntu-14.04.1-server-amd64.iso" through "".   Please can someone confirm the maximum RAM that is supported.  According to many sites, Maximum RAM supported by the OS  ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop : " 2^64 bytes " -- Kindly confirm  ubuntu-14.04.1-server : " 2^64 bytes " -- Kindly confirm
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I downloaded and installed Ubuntu from the official site. However, I don't know if I installed the 32-bit or 64-bit version.  In Windows 7 I could right click My Computer and it listed which version it was.  Is there an easy way to check in Ubuntu?
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To check whether I am using 32bit or 64bit Ubuntu. I looked in  and found this answer uname -a. If it is shown as i386, it will be 32bit and amd64, it will be 64 bit, but I got this result:  Linux mukund-ThinkPad-Edge-E431 3.8.0-35-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 01:25:33 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux   What is this i686? Is it 32bit or 64bit - I think  it is 32bit, because all the Debian packages which I installed in it are of 32bit, so can anybody please give a detailed explanation.
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I'm thinking about installing Ubuntu Desktop, but I don't know what flavor is the best for my system. What are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements? What kind of CPU? How much memory? Should I have Hardware Acceleration? What flavor should I use?  This is an attempt of a canonical answer. My answers have the &quot;official  requirements&quot;, the recommended are a mix of official sources and opinion based (along with the answer it's told the source). You can comment or edit if you feel that the information is obsolete or incomplete. It is a good rule of thumb that any system capable of running Windows Vista, 7, 8, x86 (Intel) OS X will almost always be a lot faster with any Ubuntu flavor even if they are lower-spec than described below.
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I have a 2gb chromebook with 64-bit ubuntu 12.04 and it runs extremly slow and often crashes so how to I downgrade it to 32-bit or is their another solution?