Hardware Requirements; Reasons To Use Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual

1.1 Hardware Requirements

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop requires certain minimum hardware requirements to
be met before you can successfully install and run SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. A
minimum installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop containing the most basic,
essential software and a very minimalistic graphical user interface requires at least:
• Intel* Pentium* III, 500 MHz
• 256 MB of physical RAM
• 800 MB of available disk space
• 800 x 600 display resolution
For a standard installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop including the desktop
environment of your choice (GNOME or KDE) and a wealth of applications, the fol-
lowing configuration is recommended:
• Intel Pentium IV, 2.4 GHz or higher or any AMD64 or Intel 64 processor
• 1–2 physical CPUs
• 512 MB physical RAM or higher
• 1024 x 768 display resolution (or higher)
1.2 Reasons to Use SUSE Linux
Let the following items guide you in your selection of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
and while determining the purpose of the installed systems:
Wealth of Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop's broad offer of software makes it appeal to both
professional users in a corporate environment and to home users or users in smaller
networks.
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