Le 21/10/2026 à 14:32, Charles Curley a écrit :
On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:51:56 -0400 (EDT)
Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote:
HP Compaq dc7900 Small Form Factor Desktop
Intel Core2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.0GHz
4MB DDR2 RAM
[..]
Given that you won't be running a graphical user interface (GUI), you
should be fine with 4 GB. If the hardware will let you add more RAM,
you can do so at any time.
Hello,
I am not knowledgeable about all that but 4GB is not much and Karen's
computer processor, while 64 bits so Debian 13 compatible, is old (18
years).
From what I have heard, Text-To-Speech (TTS) can use AI (either a local
LLM or a cloud based solution) that improves quality, but potentially at
the cost of a greater need for physical resources (memory, computing
power...).
There is a little explanation here:
https://linuxvox.com/blog/tts-linux/
I don't know what Karen uses, is currently satisfied with, and so on,
but I would personally be cautious about giving Karen advices to migrate
fully to Linux, because if something turns bad, that is she, not I, who
risks being stuck with a temporary lack of a working PC :-)
If she can be assisted, on site, by a linux-competent friend or Linux
User Group, that is different :-)
