How Much Ram Does Ubuntu Use? [Duplicate]

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I Have a Yoga 2 11( Model 20428) and Win8.1 Takes About 2 of My 4Gb of Ram to Run. How Much Ram Will Ubuntu Use to Run. This Is a Secondary Laptop, for Movie...

How Much Ram Does Ubuntu Use? [Duplicate]

I have a Yoga 2 11( model 20428) and Win8.1 takes about 2 of my 4gb of RAM to run.

How much RAM will Ubuntu use to run.

This is a secondary laptop, for movie watching, school work, websurfing and etc.

nothing too hardcore.

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Ubuntu Desktop

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Minimum

  • Trusty Tahr (14.04 64-bit)
    • 384 MB of RAM
    • 700 MHz processor (about Intel Celeron or better)
    • 5 GB of hard-drive space
    • VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution
    • Either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media
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