Hello, I was wondering what the minimum system requirements for running GNOME Shell in a usable manner are/will be. I was only able to find vague statements saying "all computing devices in the last 4-5 years"[1], etc[2]. IMO, this ambiguity has led to a lot of uncertainty among people about whether GNOME Shell will even launch on their machines. It would be a good idea to publish a set of minimum and recommended system requirements for GNOME Shell (similar to what is published by games).
* Minimum OGL requirements to launch clutter * Minimum Intel/ATI/nvidia chipset models with which a smooth experience is guaranteed * Minimum CPU configuration for software rendering mode under swrast and llvmpipe (useful for VMs) In addition to letting people know where they stand in all this, it would also help *us* make sure that GNOME Shell is usable (60+fps with no background processes, ~30fps with heavy background CPU usage) on the systems that we target. If testing is currently being done only on developer machines, we should begin to do testing on the minimum hardware configuration that we intend to support. I'm sure we all agree that a GNOME Shell which stutters, lags, and drops to 15fps as soon as the user compiles something is not going to be well-received. Thanks! 1. http://live.gnome.org/GNOME3Myths#My_computer_and.2BAC8-or_graphics_card_isn.27t_powerful_enough_to_run_GNOME_3 2. http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/FAQ#What_led_to_the_decision_to_make_3D_acceleration_a_requirement_for_GNOME_Shell.3F -- ~Nirbheek Chauhan Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list