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==== Computer CPU and memory ==== | ==== Computer CPU and memory ==== | ||
- | Contrary to other virtual machines, WSL is well integrated with the Windows operating system and the hardware drivers and has a very low default CPU and memory footprint! | + | Contrary to other virtual machines, WSL is well integrated with the Windows operating system and the hardware drivers and has a **low default CPU and memory footprint**! |
- | * You should be able to play with WSL even with 8 Gb of RAM, but 16 Gb is recommended | + | * You should be able to //play// with WSL even with 8 Gb of RAM, but 16 Gb is recommended |
* Of course, depending on what you need to do on your computer, a better processor will always help | * Of course, depending on what you need to do on your computer, a better processor will always help | ||
* WSL+Ubuntu will use more CPU and RAM if you use it for running CPU and/or memory intensive processes! As would be the case with any Windows application... :-) | * WSL+Ubuntu will use more CPU and RAM if you use it for running CPU and/or memory intensive processes! As would be the case with any Windows application... :-) |