System Requirements
The desktop version of Kubuntu currently supports the Intel x86 and the AMD64 architectures. Some releases support other architectures: SPARC, PowerPC, IA-64 (Itanium), and PlayStation 3 (however, a firmware update from Sony in April 2010 disabled OtherOS, making the PS3 unable to run other operating systems). Because Kubuntu is Ubuntu with a KDE desktop, any version available in Ubuntu is also available for Kubuntu.
The minimum system requirements for a desktop installation are a 300 MHz x86 processor, 512 MB of RAM, 5 GB of hard drive space, and a video card which supports VGA at 640x480 resolution. The recommended system requirements for the desktop installation are a 1 GHz or better x86 processor, 1 GB of RAM, 15 GB of hard drive space, and a video card which supports VGA at 1024×768 resolution, and optionally supporting visual effects.
| Desktop & laptop | ||
|---|---|---|
| Required | Recommended | |
| Processor | 1 GHz (x86) | Better than 1 GHz (x86) |
| Memory | 384 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard drive capacity | 4 GB | 10 GB |
| Video card | VGA @ 640x480 | VGA @ 1024x768 |
*Note: If "Desktop effects" are desired, a supported GPU is required.
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