What you need for this book
In order to work through the examples within this book, you'll need a computer with at least the following specs:
- 10 GB hard drive space (30 GB or higher recommended)
- 512 MB system RAM (1 GB or higher recommended)
- 1.0 GHz Processor (1.6 GHz dual-core or higher recommended)
- Video card with 128 MB video RAM
- DVD drive or 2 GB or higher flash drive (to create installation media)
Given the lightweight nature of Linux, you can certainly run Mint on lesser resources, of course. The better your system's resources are, the faster and more efficient your experience will be.
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