Desktop hardware configuration Linux Mint Cinnamon & Blender

[SunnySkies]

Hello,

I am completely new to Linux. I wanted to buy a desktop computer mainly to run Blender. I was leaning towards Linux Mint Cinnamon.

My local computer assembler guy has never installed or ran Mint or Blender. So he wanted to know if anyone can confirm if the following desktop hardware configuration would work:

Intel G4560 7th gen 3.5Ghz
Motherboard Chipset Intel H110- HDMI
Video Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GT1030 2Gb DDR5
RAM 4GB DDR4

I know this is a simple configuration but it's what fits my budget. More expensive choices do not, so it's useless to tell me to go buy other more expensive components.

The main question for me is if this hardware configuration will run Linux Mint Cinnamon and Blender without problems, if anyone has ever done it before...

thanks

[catweazel]

Intel G4560 7th gen 3.5Ghz

Assuming you can get Mint installed, you'll need to upgrade to a newer kernel as soon as possible.

The best way to test Mint without installing it is to write the .iso to a USB flash drive and boot from that.

[emiliosm]

la puedes descargar desde aqui https://www.linux-apps.com/p/1169218/ la version appimage y la pruebas sin instalar nada

[absque fenestris]

Perhaps the most important thing about these large, pallet heavy and multi-window capable programs are one - or rather two - large monitors.
Blender is such a candidate, like GIMP or Krita.

[Hoser Rob]

Cinnamon is actually quite heavy (over 1 G RAM, needs 3D hardware accel just by itself, ie. similar horsepower needs to Windows 10). ANd Blender, like other similar programs, uses a LOT of resources. I think I'd install the MATE version myself, even on a machine with a lot of power.

If you just dl the live CD iso and put it on a thumb drive will that store let you boot the machine from USB?

[SunnySkies]

Hi, my computer has finally arrived!! I ended up installing Mint (it was installed for me) and I got a Video Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GT1050. I was able to install the latest Blender and set the thing to CUDA, so that's great. only problem I can detect right now is regarding the hdmi sound, which I'll ask about separately. So far my initial Mint experience has been very nice.