8 GB of RAM

[Andvili]

Hi to all! I'm curious if it's feasible to run Mageia on a computer with 8 GB of RAM. If anyone has given it a shot, I'd love to hear about your experience. The software manufacturer recommends 16 GB of RAM, so I'm wondering how it performs with less.
I will be grateful for your advice!

[Germ]

Mine runs great with 8GB RAM. Running Plasma.

I also have an old Acer with 2GB RAM. Runs a little slow, but usable. It also runs KDE Plasma. Although it is quite a bit faster running XFCE.

[sturmvogel]

The software manufacturer recommends 16 GB of RAM, ....

Who is that?

See the Mageia hardware requirements:
https://www.mageia.org/en-gb/support/

Each release of Mageia software runs on most i586 and x86_64 computer systems available at the release time.

You can follow this hardware requirements list:

Processor: any AMD, Intel or VIA processor;
Memory (RAM): 512MB minimum, 2GB recommended; For headless systems that minimum can be usable. For low memory intensive programs and light graphical Desktop Environments like Xfce the minimum is 1GB. For more feature rich like Gnome and Plasma the minimum is 2GB.
Storage (HDD or SSD): 5GB for a minimal installation, 20GB for a casual setup; This includes a few GB for user files. If you need more than you should take that in account too. Custom installations on less space are possible but this requires intermediate Linux knowledge.
Bootable USB port or optical drive capable of using media with a storage capacity of at least 4GB used for installation. Smaller media capacity is used for network installation, but a reliable Internet connection is needed. More information at downloads page.
Graphic card: any AMD/ATI, Intel, Matrox, Nvidia, SiS or VIA graphic card;
Sound card: any AC97, HDA or Sound Blaster sound card.
For some kinds of hardware (Wi-Fi chipsets, 3D graphic cards) to work properly, specific firmware or software may be needed, this is available in a specific online repository called "nonfree" (learn more).

[Andvili]

Mine runs great with 8GB RAM. Running Plasma.

I also have an old Acer with 2GB RAM. Runs a little slow, but usable. It also runs KDE Plasma. Although it is quite a bit faster running XFCE.

Thank you! This is great news for me!

[Andvili]

The software manufacturer recommends 16 GB of RAM, ....

Who is that?


I was searching on Google for information about the possibility of installing Mageia on my laptop and came across a recommendation for 16GB.
It's a good thing I was mistaken.
Thank you for your response!

[doktor5000]

I was searching on Google for information about the possibility of installing Mageia on my laptop and came across a recommendation for 16GB.

Mind to share where you came across that recommendation ?