This document lists the system requirements for running Eagle Mode. Please read carefully.
CPU: | Depends on screen resolution. Recommendation: HD => single core, 2 GHz, 1 MB cache. Full HD => dual core, 2.5 GHz, 2 MB cache. Ultra HD => quad core, 3 GHz, 4 MB cache. |
Memory: | 4 GB RAM. This is a recommendation. If you run Eagle Mode with less memory, then please lessen the value for Max Megabytes Per View in the General Preferences (that's at the left end of the control view). |
Disk: | Installation of Eagle Mode itself requires about 50 MB disk space. In addition, a few hundred MB may be required for third-party programs and libraries, on which Eagle Mode depends. At run-time, it is recommended to have 1 GB free disk space for temporary files. The disk should be quite fast and without frequent sleep states (old notebook hard disks are not so suitable). |
Operating system: | An up-to-date Linux is recommended. Other UNIX-like systems may also be suitable. Eagle Mode even runs on Windows ≥ 10. |
Graphics: | An accelerated graphics driver. On UNIX-like systems it should be an accelerated X-Server with a fast XShm extension. 3D acceleration is not needed. It is not recommended to use something like a 3D desktop or composite manager, because that could slow down Eagle Mode a lot. |
Mouse: | With three buttons (not emulated) and with a smooth-running wheel. |
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Eagle Mode runs many standard programs by names like they have on Debian GNU/Linux 9. Your system must not have another program with one of those names, otherwise unforeseeable things could happen. For example, Eagle Mode runs "gs" when it means Ghostscript, and therefore you should not have another program named "gs" which, for example, formats the hard disk. In detail, Eagle Mode runs standard UNIX shell commands like "cp", "mv", "rm", "grep" and so on, and it runs the programs listed in the table above. Many of these are run when you just navigate around in Eagle Mode, without asking you. In addition, many further programs (not listed above) are run by triggering the file manager commands. If you are unsure about the later, please study the file manager command scripts (see emFileMan Customization for a description of the scripts).
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