Helge Hafting wrote:
On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 07:43:37AM +0200, Alex wrote:
Dear all,
One student who makes her diplom about "Comparing LyX to another Word
processors", asked me about the minimum HW required fo LyX.
You'd be hard pressed to come up with a machine capable of
running LyX in a bad way.
First, the machine have to be able to run a graphichal user
interface (i.e. X11) without getting sluggish.
Helge's comments centered on LyX for Linux.
LyX for native Windows requires the XP operating system
with more substantial requirements. 233mz and 128mb of memory.
Double is better. At least a 4gig HDD.
However, LyX also runs under Cygwin and Windows 98,
where the requirements are 66 MHz 486DX2 and 16mb of memory.
This compares to Linux though double the minimum is better.
I've run this with a 1gig drive, though 2+ is *better*.
Her explanation should relate LyX to the various OS.
For a newer Linux like Fedora Core 4, it's the same as XP.
For older Linux it's the same as Win98. (^^^graphical UI)
I agree with whoever said it isn't an issue. It is very
rare to find an old machine that doesn't meet requirements
that is still running--the cost to replace memory is more
than the value of such a machine, so buy a working used
(unless you can trust the provenance of a yard sale)
one, in the US good enough machines are routinely donated.
Regards,
Stephen
