Open SUSE Linux Installation Requirements

[avins_in]

Hello,

I am new to Linux. I am planning to install open SUSE Linux on my system. These are my system specs

Computer Specs

1) Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz
2) 1.99 GB of RAM
3) Intel (R) 946GZ Express Chipset Family
4) 80GB HDD

In the open SUSE, there is something called 32 Bit PC - If I click on it, it takes me to link where I can download open SUSE for i586 systems.

Normally, for Intel, it would be x86 and itanium it is i86, correct me if I am wrong. I want to know whether I can install after I download, because it is a pretty big file and just want to make sure that I am downloading the correct software. In case, open SUSE does not work, let me know which Linux distribution I can download ?

Regards,
Avin

[oz]

In the open SUSE, there is something called 32 Bit PC - If I click on it, it takes me to link where I can download open SUSE for i586 systems.

Normally, for Intel, it would be x86 and itanium it is i86, correct me if I am wrong. I want to know whether I can install after I download, because it is a pretty big file and just want to make sure that I am downloading the correct software.

Hello and welcome!

You can find the hardware requirements for opensuse here:

Hardware requirements - openSUSE

Check the following threads for info explaining the different system architectures and 64-bit vs 32-bit Linux:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/har...a64-em64t.html

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...bit-linux.html

Hope it goes well and you have fun with Linux.

[clowenstein]

Hello,

I am new to Linux. I am planning to install open SUSE Linux on my system. These are my system specs

Computer Specs

1) Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz
2) 1.99 GB of RAM
3) Intel (R) 946GZ Express Chipset Family
4) 80GB HDD

In the open SUSE, there is something called 32 Bit PC - If I click on it, it takes me to link where I can download open SUSE for i586 systems.

Normally, for Intel, it would be x86 and itanium it is i86, correct me if I am wrong. I want to know whether I can install after I download, because it is a pretty big file and just want to make sure that I am downloading the correct software. In case, open SUSE does not work, let me know which Linux distribution I can download ?

Regards,
Avin

In this context, i586 means Pentium I or better. So you should be good to go.

[dono725]

open SuSE should work fine. there is no point using 64bit OS with only 2G of RAM, 64bit is for if you have more than 4G of RAM so I have been told.