How Much RAM to Run Debian?

Discussion in 'Linux Virtual Machine' started by RobertF., Mar 27, 2014.

  1. RobertF.

    RobertF. Bit poster

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    I'd like to run Debian 7 inside Parallels Desktop for Mac Mavericks on a MacBook Air. How much RAM does my laptop need to run OSX and Parallels/Debian comfortably? By the way, I don't need to run Windows, just Debian.

    Thanks.
     
  2. Abdul@Parallels

    Abdul@Parallels Parallels Support

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  3. Specimen

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    You'll be able to run with the standard 4 GB RAM if you assign 512 MB to Debian which is the minimum with a desktop environment. If you assign 1 GB you might start having some performance issues if you have lots of apps open on OS X side. Anything more than this I recommend getting the MBA with 8 GB RAM.
     

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