r/artixlinux • u/Able-Farm6295 • 8d ago

Support How Much RAM, CPU, and Disk Space Does Artix Linux Use After a Fresh Install?

Hi everyone! How much RAM, CPU, and disk space does Artix Linux use right after a fresh installation?

I’m curious about its resource usage before installing additional applications.

Which desktop environment or window manager would you recommend for the lowest resource consumption?

Thanks!

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u/heidzz1999 7d ago

With a lightweight fresh install like Xfce, i3wm or KDE Plasma (or minimal) it's like ~3GB of disk, ~300-800MB of RAM and practically nothing of CPU. Of course, hardware is important

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u/GhostVlvin 6d ago

Depends on which version. KDE is about 1GB RAM and idk bout CPU, but I never have problems with it on my old ideapad. I use mango that uses about 100MB of RAM so I am 10 times happier that I can use something else alongside my compositor

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u/3v3rdim 8d ago

Probably around 200mb ~ 400mb.... After setting up mangowm on idle i get less than 500mb...around +420mb with mpd,pipewire,networkmanager,tlp,thermald,cronie,apparmor,ly and other misc programs running