Question: How Large Is the Linux Kernel?
Contents a Standard Compiled and Compressed Kernel Is Around 2 Mb, Modules Like 10 Mb. How Big Is the Linux Kernel? Open Source Linux Kernel Version 5.8 Is...
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A standard compiled and compressed kernel is around 2 MB, modules like 10 MB.
How big is the Linux kernel?
Open Source
Linux kernel version 5.8 is about the same size as Linux 4.9 from 2016, which Torvalds at the time crowned the “the biggest we’ve ever had” and spanned over 22 million lines of code.
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Comparison
| Distribution | Minimum system requirements | Image size |
|---|---|---|
| Lightweight Portable Security | 390 MB | |
| Linux Lite | RAM: 768 MB (2020) disk: 8 GB | 955 MB |
| Lubuntu | RAM: 1 GB CPU: 386 or Pentium | 916 MB |
| LXLE | RAM: 512 MB (2017) CPU: Pentium III (2017) | 1300 MB |
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