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How much RAM is supported by Ubuntu Linux? 4GB or even more? My comp is Intel based; Pentium D, dual core. Tnx in advance :)

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I am considering RAM memory addition. Is Ubuntu Linux going to benefit from such a move. (Most probbably, it will benefit; what are the recomandations?). What is the maximum of supported RAM. Thanks for info !!

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Best Tony Mugan (tmugan) said : 		#1

If your hardware can handle it, Ubuntu can use it.
You don't *NEED* a lot of RAM to run Ubuntu however 1Gb is plenty for most purposes.

You may see Ubuntu using a lot of available RAM but that is an efficiency thing and improves performance by caching some data from disk in RAM. If a Program needs that memory, it would take priority. So even though it seems like memory is being heavily used, it is probably due to this.

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Dejan (dejanlu) said : 		#2

Thanks Tony Mugan, that solved my question.

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Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab) said : 		#3

Fabián Rodríguez suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #669: “I have 4GB or more of RAM but can't see it in Ubuntu. How can I enable support for all my RAM ?”.