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Can I use Ubuntu 20.4 on a laptop with a 2GB ram and 1.9GHz processor? It is a x64 bit processor with 2 cores. I have not tried anything due to financial deficits.

MANOJ KUMAR DEKA
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    Does this answer your question? [What are the system requirements for each flavour of Ubuntu Desktop?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/333795/what-are-the-system-requirements-for-each-flavour-of-ubuntu-desktop) – user300458 Dec 25 '20 at 12:55
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    If you open several programs simultaneously (especially a browser) the memory would be the issue. I would suggest you to use a less resource hungry variant like Lubuntu or Xubuntu. – Archisman Panigrahi Dec 25 '20 at 13:05
  • @user300458 the answers of the possible duplicate you suggested mostly talk about 18.04 and 16.04. – Archisman Panigrahi Dec 25 '20 at 13:07
  • Possible duplicate of [How do I find out which version and derivative of Ubuntu is right for my hardware in terms of minimal system requirements?](https://askubuntu.com/q/206407/) – karel Dec 25 '20 at 13:21

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According to the Help Site, that 2GB of RAM will not be fun.

Minimum Requirements for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:

  • 2 GHz dual core processor
  • 4 GiB RAM (system memory)
  • 25 GB of hard-drive space (or USB stick, memory card or external drive but consider a LiveCD for an alternative approach)
  • VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution
  • Either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media
  • Internet access is helpful

You may want to take a look at Xubuntu, which is a flavour of Ubuntu that uses the XFCE desktop rather than Gnome.

Minimum Requirements for Xubuntu 20.04 LTS:

  • a 1.5Ghz Dual Core processor
  • 2 GB of memory
  • 20 GB of storage space

Alternatively, there's Ubuntu MATE, which is an excellent distribution for a lot of people.

Minimum Requirements for Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS:

  • a 1GHz Pentium M (or similar) CPU
  • 1GB of RAM
  • 8GB of storage

There are many other low-requirement versions of Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions) available to suit just about any use case you might have.

Hope this helps,