Chapter 3. More resources are needed for a graphical workstation. If your computer doesn’t match up to most of these requirements, you may have problems installing and running Red Hat Linux:
A Pentium-class PC with a 133MHz or faster processor is recommended.
For reasonable graphics performance using the X Window System, we recommend at least 64MB, and preferably 256MB, of main memory. You can never have too much memory, and these numbers are the least amount you should have.
You can run Linux on less than 128MB of memory if you don’t want graphics. Nongraphical Linux systems are typically used as servers.
Red Hat provides several installation classes that install different bundles of software. The various classes take up different amounts of space, of course. The basic installation, Personal Desktop, takes 2.1GB of disk space. The Workstation installation that we use in Chapter 3 consumes roughly 2.6GB. We recommend that your computer have a minimum of 3GB so that you have some room to play with after you install Linux.
A DVD-ROM drive, (and, optionally, a 31⁄4-inch floppy disk drive plus a blank 31⁄4-inch disk), a multisync monitor, an internal IDE or SCSI hard drive, a keyboard, and a mouse.
The instructions for installing the Red Hat Linux operating system from the DVD-ROM are detailed in Part I. After you install the software, return the DVD-ROM to its plastic jacket, or another appropriate place, for safekeeping.
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