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Minimum system requirements
SparkyLinux is designed for both old and new computers, and small single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi. Sparky can be installed on both 32 and 64 bit machines with either a BIOS or a UEFI equipped motherboard.
The minimum requirements to install Sparky:
- CPU:
- i686 (32bit) or amd64 (64bit) Pentium 4, or AMD Athlon
- RAM memory:
- 128 MB – CLI Edition
- 256 MB – LXDE, LXQt, Openbox
- 512 MB – Xfce
- SWAP partition:
- Hard Drive or USB Flash Drive:
- 2 GB (CLI edition)
- 10 GB (“Home” editions)
- 20 GB (GameOver/Multimedia)
- Optical drive (CD/DVD) or USB port with USB Flash Drive
The default
Sparky Installer, (Calamares), requires a minimum of 1GB of RAM.
If your machine has less than 1GB of RAM, please use
Sparky Advanced Installer instead.