Technical requirements
To follow along with the examples in this book, you’ll need an Ubuntu Server installation to work with. In general, the following specifications are the estimated minimums to successfully install Ubuntu Server:
- 64-bit CPU
- 1 GB RAM
- 10-GB hard disk (16 GB or more is recommended)
64-bit CPU support is now a requirement, with the only exception being the Raspberry Pi version. This is because Canonical no longer makes versions of Ubuntu available for 32-bit PC and server processors. While this may seem like a downside, all computers sold today support 64-bit operating systems, and consumer CPUs have been 64-bit capable since at least 2003. Even if you have an older PC lying around that you don’t think is capable of running a 64-bit operating system, you’d be surprised—even the later models of the Pentium IV (which is quite old) support this, so this requirement shouldn’t be hard to meet. Don’...
