<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//Norman Walsh//DTD DocBook HTML 1.0//EN">
<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>Getting GNOME</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet"><LINK
REL="HOME"
TITLE="GNOME Frequently Asked Questions"
HREF="index.html"><LINK
REL="PREVIOUS"
TITLE="Is GNOME Open Source(tm) Software?"
HREF="opensource.html"><LINK
REL="NEXT"
TITLE="What's the best format to get GNOME for my
      machine?"
HREF="x179.html"></HEAD
><BODY
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
TEXT="#000000"
LINK="#0000FF"
VLINK="#840084"
ALINK="#0000FF"
><DIV
CLASS="NAVHEADER"
><TABLE
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TH
COLSPAN="3"
ALIGN="center"
>GNOME Frequently Asked Questions</TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="opensource.html"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="80%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="bottom"
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="x179.html"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><H1
><A
NAME="GETTINGGNOME"
>Getting GNOME</A
></H1
><P
>There are many ways to get GNOME on your system.  This
    section covers the most common questions involved in the
    process.</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS"
>What are the System Requirements for GNOME?</A
></H1
><P
>Currently, you need a machine with Unix or a Unix-like
      operating system installed, with the X Window System (X11R5 or
      later).  You need at least 16MB of RAM, although I expect you'll
      be happier with 32MB or more.  If you are just installing
      binaries, you need about 30MB of disk space, count on needing at
      least 200MB of disk space if you are compiling from
      source.</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="opensource.html"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="index.html"
>Home</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="x179.html"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
>Is GNOME Open Source(tm) Software?</TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
>&nbsp;</TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
>What's the best format to get GNOME for my
      machine?</TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></BODY
></HTML
>