While open source platforms are renowned for their scalability and flexibility, Ubuntu is moving a step further and receiving an “ultra-minimal” build. This development will emerge as a new version of Ubuntu Budgie that recently became an official Ubuntu flavour.
The team behind Ubuntu Budgie has teased the arrival of its minimal version in a recent tweet. The new open source platform is claimed to be installed on a system that has 220MB or even lesser amount of RAM. This is lower than the minimum requirement of 512MB of RAM for the original Ubuntu desktop edition.
Ultra minimal version of #ubuntubudgie now in testing – 220MB or less of RAM – for all of you who love customising their distro! pic.twitter.com/RyuFD8rhjG
— Ubuntu Budgie (@UbuntuBudgie) December 10, 2016
To enable a smooth experience despite the less memory requirement, the Ubuntu platform is appeared to have an absence of pre-installed apps.
In November, the Ubuntu Developer Membership Board passed the Budgie as the latest Ubuntu flavour. The first official Ubuntu Budgie build will be based on the 17.04 release.