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Hardware Overview

Fedora Rawhide provides software to suit a wide variety of applications. The storage, memory and processing requirements vary depending on usage. For example, a high traffic database server requires much more memory and storage than a business desktop, which in turn has higher requirements than a single-purpose virtual machine.

Minimum System Configuration

The figures below are a recommended minimum for the default installation. Your requirements may differ, and most applications will benefit from more than the minimum resources.

  • 2GHz dual core processor or faster

  • 2GB System Memory

  • 15GB unallocated drive space

Users of system equipped with the minimum memory of 2GB may want to consider Fedora Spins with less resource intense Desktop Environments

Instalaciones de baja memoria

Fedora Rawhide can be installed and used on systems with limited resources for some applications. Text, VNC, or kickstart installations are advised over graphical installation for systems with very low memory. Larger package sets require more memory during installation, so users with less than 768MB of system memory may have better results performing a minimal install and adding to it afterward.

Para mejores resultados en sistemas con menos de 1GB de memoria, utilice la instalación de imagen en DVD.

Configuración del Sistema Recomendada

La figura de abajo es lo recomendado para una instalación x86_64 Workstation predeterminada presentando un escritorio Gnome .Sus requisitos pueden ser diferentes dependiendo de su Entorno de Escritorio y los casos de uso.

  • 2GHz quad core processor

  • 4GB de Memoria del Sistema

  • 20GB unallocated drive space

Instalaciones de baja memoria

Fedora Rawhide puede ser instalado y usado en sistemas con recursos limitados para algunas aplicaciones. Las instalaciones Text, VNC o kickstart recomiendan las instalación gráfica para sistemas con muy baja memoria. Los conjuntos de paquetes más grandes requieren más memoria durante la instalación, por esto los usuarios con menos de 768MB de memoria de sistema pueden tener mejores resultados llevando a cabo una instalación mínima y añadirlos después.

Para mejores resultados en sistemas con menos de 1GB de memoria, utilice la instalación de imagen en DVD.

Display resolution

VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution

Graphical Installation requires 800x600 resolution or higher

Graphical installation of Fedora requires a minimum screen resolution of 800x600. Owners of devices with lower resolution, such as some netbooks, should use text or VNC installation.

Once installed, Fedora will support these lower resolution devices. The minimum resolution requirement applies only to graphical installation.

Graphics Hardware

Minimum Hardware for Accelerated Desktops

Fedora Rawhide supports most display adapters. Modern, feature-rich desktop environments like GNOME3 and KDE Plasma Workspaces use video devices to provide 3D-accelerated desktops. Older graphics hardware may not support acceleration:

  • Intel prior to GMA9xx

  • NVIDIA prior to NV30 (GeForce FX5xxx series)

  • Radeon prior to R300 (Radeon 9500)

CPU Accelerated Graphics

Systems with older or no graphics acceleration devices can have accelerated desktop environments using LLVMpipe technology, which uses the CPU to render graphics. LLVMpipe requires a processor with SSE2 extensions. The extensions supported by your processor are listed in the flags: section of /proc/cpuinfo

Choosing a Desktop Environment for your hardware

Fedora Rawhide’s default desktop environment, GNOME3, functions best with hardware acceleration. Alternative desktops are recommended for users with older graphics hardware or those seeing insufficient performance with LLVMpipe.

Desktop environments can be added to an existing installation and selected at login. To list the available desktops, use the dnf grouplist command:

# dnf grouplist -v hidden | grep Desktop

Install the desired group:

# dnf groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces"

Or, use the short group name to install:

# dnf install @mate-desktop-environment