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What are the minimum system requirements for 12.04 LTS?
I am taking the netbook on the road but I'd like upgrade the OS and Windows 7 is out of the question. Netbook has only 2GB RAM. Will Ubuntu work and can I get rid of XP in the process? Thx!
Yeah. If XP works reasonably, you are going to have awesome experience with Ubuntu. 2GB is totally enough! Most likely your laptop is going to gain another life if you install Ubuntu 12.04 on it. So go ahead and give it a try!
Best way to find out is to try! You can load a livecd to test it out without messing your system up. Also, Ubuntu 12.10 has removed Unity 2D but I think they have done some work to make it auto fail back to something your machine will handle if your hardware can't handle Unity 3D.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/08/unity-2d-removed-from-ubuntu-12-10
