I really think Pentium compatible is horrible terminology ever since Intel absolutely destroyed the name and now theres old generation I3s rebranded as Pentiums.
Also a Pentium 3 probably can't be used with any of the required video cards. I personally would remove Windows XP. It is a dead and unsupported OS. We should not encourage people keeping their botnet computer and supporting issues they may have. Regarding Radeon cards, there are issues: http://kicad-pcb.org/help/known-system-related-issues/#_bad_graphics_cards "pre-HD" is also flawed for Intel cards as in the case of the broken 4500 GMA theres a "M" and "HD" version released simultaneously. Needs to be reworded to mean no cards that came before the HD-Graphics series rather than Intel's previous HD suffixing. I would keep python off because its no longer an system thing and just general userland stuff. Also its "recommended" not "required" to run kicad. On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Marco Ciampa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 08:53:32AM +0200, Marco Ciampa wrote: >> Apart from reporting problems on this or that combination of graphic >> libraries and/or platforms and/or OS, I think that is missing a page with >> the minimum requirements, like this: >> >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/ > [...] > > I thank you all for you reports on use of KiCad on older hw, but > please try to understand what I am trying to ask here. > > I just want to compile a _reasonable_ system-requirements list, > nothing more, nothing less. > > Then, take from the LibreOffice site, we can have: > > -------------------- > > Common System Requirements (hardware specs): > > - Pentium-compatible PC (Pentium III, Athlon or more-recent system > recommended); > > - 512 MB RAM (1024 MB RAM recommended); > > - Up to 500 MB available hard disk space; > > - 1280x1024 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 16K > colors. > > - Graphic card with at least OpenGL 2.0, with hardware shaders. Check > the opengl specs of the card: > > - Intel: Intel cards are reported working from model HD2000 and higher. > No pre-HD models. > > - NVidia: from NVIDIA support page: > http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv_ogl2_support.html > NVIDIA support for OpenGL 2.0 begins with the Release 75 series of > drivers. > GeForce FX (NV3x), GeForce 6 Series (NV4x), NV3xGL-based Quadro FX > and NV4xGL-based > Quadro FX GPUs, and all future NVIDIA GPUs support OpenGL 2.0. > > - Ati: should work any modern Radeon chip even in the APU (GPU in the > main processor). > > Common System Requirements (software specs): > > - wxwidgets 3.0.2 > > - wxpython 3.0.1 > > - See: http://kicad-pcb.org/help/known-system-related-issues/ for > software specific issues. > > Specific System Requirements > > Windows > Apple Mac OSX > GNU/Linux > Other OSes > > Windows > > The software and hardware prerequisites for installing KiCad on a Windows > system are as follows: > > Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, > Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, or Windows 10; > > Apple - Mac OS X > > The software and hardware prerequisites for installing on a Apple Mac OS > X computer are as follows: > > Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or higher; > > GNU/Linux > > The software and hardware prerequisites for installing on Linux are as > follows: > > Any modern Linux distro with OpenGl 2.0 or higher elabled > graphics should go. For example Linux Ubuntu 12.04 or higher. > > Android/Linux > > The Android/Linux platform is actually NOT supported. > > Other OSes > > Other systems (notably Unix *BSD) may be fully working but are actually > not ufficially supported. > > All platforms: > > - For certain features of the software - but not most - Python is required. > Python is notably required for enable scripting. > > --------------------- > > Comments? > > Regards, > > -- > > > Marco Ciampa > > I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. > > +------------------------+ > | GNU/Linux User #78271 | > | FSFE fellow #364 | > +------------------------+ > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mark _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
