On 20.06.08, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

> There are two items where I am not sure I know enough. 

> One is the hardware prerequisites. There are a few remarks in the web,
> but not much detailled hints. I do realize that it depends much on what
> one plans to do (text only versus many figures, presentations (powerdot
> and the like) with large figures etc). 

I do not know about the minimum, but LyX 1.5.5 runs well on my modest
work PC 

* with 250 MB RAM (whereof LyX uses ca. 8 MB)
* a Pentium III @ 650 MHz

* as part of a Linux installation on a 4GB partition

Generally, the LaTeX installation needs a lot more space than LyX itself.

packages lyx + lyx common:                    ~  38MB
my texmf tree (with quite some extra stuff):  ~ 240MB       

> Secondly, dependencies on other software. 

This is listed at: http://www.lyx.org/AdditionalSoftware

with the categories 

   1. 1. Required Software
   2. 2. Optional Software
   3. 3. Special support for specific languages and scripts

Günter

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