CentOS 6.x Desktop Specs: Minimum Requirements
Hi,
I often have to deal with relatively obsolete hardware in schools, public libraries, small town halls, etc. I still have a handful of CentOS 5.x installations around for these, but I wonder what CentOS 6.x desktop specs are, e. g. the minimum requirements (in terms of CPU and RAM) to reasonably run it. Will a battered first-generation P-IV with
512 MB RAM be sufficient? How much RAM does 6.x’s graphical installer require to even start? Or is it better to opt for CentOS 5.x on this sort of dinosaur?
Cheers,
Niki
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I’d be looking at something like TinyLinux or DamnSmallLinux on those.
Le 24/03/2015 08:34, John R Pierce a
Hi,
Try considering Bodhi and Puppy Linux also.
–Regards Ashishkumar S. Yadav
Hi,
RHEL version min/max specs can be found:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-limits
Regards
Phil
Le 24/03/2015 09:45, Ashish Yadav a
Le 24/03/2015 09:52, Phil Wyett a écrit :
Thanks! That’s exactly the document I was looking for.
Cheers,
Niki
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Phil Wyett wrote:
Ignorant question: what does POWER mean in these tables?
I believe that would be the IBM POWER series of chips, PowerPC, et al.
A couple of years ago I installed C6 on a ThinkPad A20 (512MB ram, 450MHz cpu). It runs, but is painfully slow. It can handle vi in an xterm, but not a modern web browser. Even a simple yum update takes too long.
Personally, i suggest staying with C5 and planning to recycle the hardware when C5 goes EOL. It comes down to which applications you need to support and how big your support budget is.
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