On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 11:02:17AM -0400, Robbie Harwood wrote: > "Andre Robatino" <robatino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Those figures are recommended minimums, not requirements. I have a > > single core F35 machine which works fine. > > It's important to note here that "works fine" isn't the same as "is > supported". > > My reading of that document is that if one goes below what's laid out in > "Minimum System Configuration", here be dragons, trouble may happen, and > to varying degrees, one is on their own. And that those dangers are why > there's a "Recommended System Configuration" in the next section. I think that's reading too much into the "Recommended Config". In particular machines with less CPU will be completely usable — just slow. With RAM, it's more complicated. But in particular with ZRAM we effectively trade CPU cycles for more memory. So the details of when a machine stop being "useful" depends immensly on the usecase. The *recommended* configuration applies to a graphical boot and some typical desktop use. If you use sway or xfce instead of gnome or kde, or you don't use firefox but e.g. just listen to music on the machine, a machine with a fraction of recommended resources may be just fine. I think our users are smart: they will understand — and not complain — that an old laptop with 2GB of RAM is not a video editing workstation. Even if many developers personally have newer and beefier hardware, we should keep in mind that there are geographical regions and non-developer folks with more varied hardware. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
