My sister has gotten annoyed with her old Windows laptop, so now I’m setting up Universal Blue for her. I’ve shown her screenshots of KDE and GNOME to make her decide between Aurora and Bluefin.
I’ve also had a quick look at the docs to see whether there are any differences she should be aware of. I’ve noticed that the Aurora docs say System Memory (RAM): 4GB while the Bluefin docs say Minimum: 16GB; Recommended: 32 GB+ with the following explanation:
Why 16 GB RAM Minimum?
Bluefin ships with an extensive cloud-native development stack. These workloads typically scale out to replicate entire clusters of computers and demand more resources than typical workloads:
Container Runtime: Docker CE, Podman, and container composition tools Development Tools: Multiple language runtimes and development environments
Desktop Environment: Modern GNOME with extensions and visual effects System Architecture: Atomic/immutable OS with OSTree requiring additional overheadThese requirements ensure smooth operation of Bluefin’s integrated development workflow and container-first architecture.
I thought the development tools were the same on both images. If this is not the case, this should be made clear in the docs. If the development tools are the same, there should also be a warning in the system requirements for Aurora.
These images are also targeted at non-technical users like my sister who will never use the development tools. Perhaps the system requirements should differentiate that for such users less than 16GB is fine.
I greatly appreciate this project and hope I can help make the docs a little clearer for new users (as well as for myself). I’m also willing to create the PRs myself, if there is agreement.