risc-v on toorun.devhttps://toorun.dev/tags/risc-v/Recent content in risc-v on toorun.devHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSun, 06 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000What Makes a Processor Capable of Running Linux? MMU, RAM, Storage, and Architecture Requirementshttps://toorun.dev/posts/processor-requirements-for-linux-mmu-ram-storage-architecture/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/processor-requirements-for-linux-mmu-ram-storage-architecture/What Makes a Processor Capable of Running Linux? MMU, RAM, Storage, and Architecture Requirements Linux is available on hardware ranging from powerful application processors to small industrial boards. That can make the hardware requirements seem vague: one board boots a graphical desktop from gigabytes of RAM, while another runs a headless Linux system with only a few dozen megabytes. The important distinction is between what Linux fundamentally needs and what a particular application needs.