Can I use Ubuntu 20.4 on a laptop with a 2GB ram and 1.9GHz processor? It is a x64 bit processor with 2 cores. I have not tried anything due to financial deficits.
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3Does this answer your question? What are the system requirements for each flavour of Ubuntu Desktop? – user300458 Dec 25 '20 at 12:55
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1If you open several programs simultaneously (especially a browser) the memory would be the issue. I would suggest you to use a less resource hungry variant like Lubuntu or Xubuntu. – Archisman Panigrahi Dec 25 '20 at 13:05
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@user300458 the answers of the possible duplicate you suggested mostly talk about 18.04 and 16.04. – Archisman Panigrahi Dec 25 '20 at 13:07
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Possible duplicate of How do I find out which version and derivative of Ubuntu is right for my hardware in terms of minimal system requirements? – karel Dec 25 '20 at 13:21
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According to the Help Site, that 2GB of RAM will not be fun.
Minimum Requirements for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
- 2 GHz dual core processor
- 4 GiB RAM (system memory)
- 25 GB of hard-drive space (or USB stick, memory card or external drive but consider a LiveCD for an alternative approach)
- VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution
- Either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media
- Internet access is helpful
You may want to take a look at Xubuntu, which is a flavour of Ubuntu that uses the XFCE desktop rather than Gnome.
Minimum Requirements for Xubuntu 20.04 LTS:
- a 1.5Ghz Dual Core processor
- 2 GB of memory
- 20 GB of storage space
Alternatively, there's Ubuntu MATE, which is an excellent distribution for a lot of people.
Minimum Requirements for Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS:
- a 1GHz Pentium M (or similar) CPU
- 1GB of RAM
- 8GB of storage
There are many other low-requirement versions of Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions) available to suit just about any use case you might have.
Hope this helps,