{"id":505,"date":"2009-10-26T17:17:41","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T17:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/10\/26\/ubuntu-requirements\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:23","slug":"ubuntu-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/10\/26\/ubuntu-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblog_entry.php?e=2132\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">I wrote about my issues<\/a> with the minimum requirements for Windows 7.  Today over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntugeek.com\/ubuntu-minimum-requirements.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Ubuntu Geek they discuss the requirements<\/a> for Ubuntu 9.04 that help to illustrate my point. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/1477280454ae5d5d9ec804.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nAnd for comparison purposes, Windows 7:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/380481874ae0ab5aadf0f.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Ubuntu 9.10<\/a> is due out this week, but requirements should be very similar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/files\/countdown\/static.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I wrote about my issues with the minimum requirements for Windows 7. 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