Fedora HW requirements

[Sulyok Peti]

I would suggest to list typical uses like running GNOME+Evolution
+Epiphany or httpd+spamassassin+sendmail+clamav or VegaStrike giving
recommended parameters for each case. It depends mostly on the
applications and their configuration (like how many processes/threads
they use) how much memory they require.


2008. 12. 3, szerda keltezéssel 23.28-kor Karsten Wade ezt írta:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 10:46:43PM -0600, Dan Smith wrote:
> > It's changed. I tried to install FC 7 or 8 on a machine running FC6
> > once and found I could not do it. It is an issue since many folks like
> > to use the same distro on all machines and keep older machines around
> > as print servers, bastion hosts, data servers and such. I've got a
> > couple ancient machines I'm rehabbing that I'll have to use a
> > non-Fedora distro on because there's no way to lighten the kernel
> > without a good bit of hand pruning to get it to run on the 256 megs of
> > ram those two machines have.
> 
> This is one of the sources of the problem we have.  The release notes
> do reflect the as-provided GA release, and wouldn't cover e.g. a spin
> for lightweight machines.  But we cannot stop those people from
> reading _these_ notes, and what would they say with their Fedora XFCE
> spin designed to run on older hardware, and find >1 GiB CPU and RAM
> requirements?
> 
> Here are some points to consider:
> 
> * How do we define a minimum set of hardware that is realistic?
> 
> * Who is doing that testing already and can tell us?
> 
> * Or is no one?  It's very telling that no one has bothered to update
>   this content in a long time.  Fedora Docs relies upon the developer
>   experts to tell us those numbers. David Woodhouse had helped keep
>   the PowerPC side up to date for a long time, for example.
> 
> The most I'd feel comfortable doing is adding an admonition.
> 
>   Note
> 
>   Hardware specifications are bare minimum and may not work with
>   standard Fedora
> 
>   It is possible to install Fedora in a very small footprint on slower
>   hardware with less memory.  However, standard Fedora desktop and DVD
>   installations are likely to require faster hardware with more
>   memory.
> 
>   As a good rule, double or triple the bare minimum requirements on
>   this page for a Fedora installation that uses a graphical
>   environment or is otherwise not a custom Fedora Spin or Remix
>   designed to run on older hardware.
> 
> Something like that. :)  Whatever we do, let's make the change on the
> Beats page so we remember for next time.  If we get something good
> enough, we can consider updating the current notes.
> 
> - Karsten
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