3.4. Meeting Minimum Hardware Requirements
Once you have gathered information about your computer's hardware, check that
your hardware will let you do the type of installation that you want to do.
Depending on your needs, you might manage with less than some of the
recommended hardware listed in the table below. However, most users risk being
frustrated if they ignore these suggestions.
A Pentium 4, 1GHz system is the minimum recommended for a desktop system.
Table 3.2. Recommended Minimum System Requirements
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┌────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────────┬───────────┐
│Install Type│RAM (minimal)│RAM (recommended)│Hard Drive │
├────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────┤
│No desktop │64 megabytes │256 megabytes │1 gigabyte │
├────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────┤
│With Desktop│128 megabytes│512 megabytes │5 gigabytes│
└────────────┴─────────────┴─────────────────┴───────────┘
The actual minimum memory requirements are a lot less than the numbers listed
in this table. Depending on the architecture, it is possible to install Debian
with as little as 20MB (for s390) to 60MB (for amd64). The same goes for the
disk space requirements, especially if you pick and choose which applications
to install; see Section D.2, "Disk Space Needed for Tasks" for additional
information on disk space requirements.
It is possible to run a graphical desktop environment on older or low-end
systems, but in that case it is recommended to install a window manager that is
less resource-hungry than those of the GNOME or KDE desktop environments;
alternatives include xfce4, icewm and wmaker, but there are others to choose
from.It is practically impossible to give general memory or disk space requirements
for server installations as those very much depend on what the server is to be
used for.
Remember that these sizes don't include all the other materials which are
usually to be found, such as user files, mail, and data. It is always best to
be generous when considering the space for your own files and data.
Disk space required for the smooth operation of the Debian GNU/Linux system
itself is taken into account in these recommended system requirements. Notably,
the /var partition contains a lot of state information specific to Debian in
addition to its regular contents, like logfiles. The dpkg files (with
information on all installed packages) can easily consume 40MB. Also, apt-get
puts downloaded packages here before they are installed. You should usually
allocate at least 200MB for /var, and a lot more if you install a graphical
desktop environment.
