Kubuntu System Requirements?

theutherwhitemeat · 07-28-2005, 09:32 PM

Hey Guys,

I am downloading Kubuntu right now, and I was wondering what the System Requirements were. I am almost certain that it will work on my Pentium 3 866Mhz, but I just don't want bad performance. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Wolfiedg · 07-28-2005, 09:57 PM

It will run good on a Pentium 3 866Mhz provided you have enough ram. I run it with good performance on a Pentium 3 600Mhz and 256MB of ram.

theutherwhitemeat · 07-28-2005, 10:14 PM

Yeah, I have 256MB Of Ram. Oh. Can you also tell me how many software packages are included?

Wolfiedg · 07-28-2005, 11:04 PM

If your asking what else has to be installed besides the basic configuration then only multimedia codecs which is easy enough once you uncomment the repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list. It just all the gstreamer stuff. Also I would recommend installing Synaptic cause the default package management, Kynaptic realy sucks.

czahn2001 · 02-18-2008, 03:34 AM

What are the exact system requirements for Kubuntu and can it run on a IBM personal computer 300 with 600+ Megahertz closer to 1 Gigahert 192 ram 20 gigabyte pc. If not where can I find Ubuntu 6.1 to order for my home address.

solidsnake.eric · 12-07-2008, 10:16 AM

i have a 1GH proccesser but kubuntu is loading reaaly slowly still what am i doin wrong?

jay73 · 12-07-2008, 10:38 AM

CPU speed is less important than RAM. If you have 256, (K)Ubuntu will run fine but it will not be a speed daemon. Less than 256MB is not recommended and may cause problems at install time unless the non-graphical alternative install cd is used. Anyway, if you have less than 256 MB of RAM, you should really install Xubuntu.

solidsnake.eric · 12-07-2008, 10:59 AM

xubuntu? where can i gget that

jay73 · 12-07-2008, 11:02 AM

http://www.xubuntu.org/

solidsnake.eric · 12-07-2008, 11:30 AM

thx! that help me so now i totally own my biger brother! lol

Astoria · 06-16-2009, 04:19 AM

Hello,

I have 256+512Mbs of ram and just installed Kubuntu (the latest version). And i am having some kind of lags and i am a bit surprised but perhaps this is just the way it is for it, huh?

Is there any kind of settings for tweaking up\down graphics or other things which cause slowness for me? I tried to find them but did not succeed. Thank You in advance.

DragonSlayer48DX · 06-16-2009, 04:31 AM

Hi, and welcome to LQ!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astoria

Hello,

I have 256+512Mbs of ram and just installed Kubuntu (the latest version). And i am having some kind of lags and i am a bit surprised but perhaps this is just the way it is for it, huh?

When you first install Kubuntu, yes you will get 'lags' in performance as the system does some house-cleaning, sets up journals, logs, etc. You'll also have a lengthy update to perform (200+ packages). Once all that is complete, it will run quite nicely.

Cheers