What requirements do you have to have to run ubuntu?

Answer 1

The following are the system requirements for Ubuntu as of the 9.10 release:

• 300 MHZ processor (700 MHz recommended)
• 256 MB of RAM (384 MB recommended)
• 4 GB hard drive (8 GB recommended)
• VGA monitor capable of 640x480 (1024x768 recommended)
  

Answer 2

For the regular Desktop Edition installation, the system requirements are as follows:

• 500 Mhz x86 processor
• 512 MiB of RAM
• 4 GiB of Hard Drive space
• Graphics card and monitor capable of 800x600
• CD/DVD drive and/or USB port
• internet access (optional, but helpful)

For Ubuntu Netbook Edition (now merged with Desktop Edition as of version 11.04):

• Intel Atom CPU or equivalent
• 386 MiB of RAM
• 4 GiB Disk space
• Monitor capable of 1024x600
• Graphics chipset that supports visual effects

If you have an older computer that do not fit these requirements, there is a lightweight version of Ubuntu called Xubuntu, whose specs are as follows:

• 256 MiB of RAM
• 2 GiB of disk space
• Graphics card and monitor capable of 600x800 resolution

Answer 3

This version supports four 64-bit architectures:

amd64 (Intel/AMD 64-bit)

arm64 (64-bit ARM)

ppc64el (POWER8 and POWER9)

s390x (IBM Z and LinuxONE)

The recommended system requirements are:

CPU: 1 gigahertz or better

RAM: 1 gigabyte or more

Disk: a minimum of 2.5 gigabytes