From 649f1ebe6193f709d06bf137a7079eb07fd979b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Atwood Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 00:38:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add memory and dual core recommendations --- docs/INSTALL-ubuntu.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/INSTALL-ubuntu.md b/docs/INSTALL-ubuntu.md index 2754c134653e6..ea611415d7818 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL-ubuntu.md +++ b/docs/INSTALL-ubuntu.md @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ # Discourse Install Guide on Ubuntu +## What kind of hardware do you have? + +- We *strongly* recommend 2GB of memory minimum if you don't want to deal with swap partitions during the install. +- We recommend at least a dual core CPU. + +You can get away with less than this if you are careful -- 1 GB of memory and a single core CPU are the minimums -- but it's simpler to just throw a bit more hardware at the problem. + ## Install Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS with the package groups: ![screenshot of package group selection screen](https://raw.github.com/discourse/discourse-docimages/master/install/ubuntu%20-%20install%20-%20software%20selection.png)