docs(readme): minimal reqs (#10066)
Marcin Rataj committed
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- [Next milestones](#next-milestones)
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- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
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- [Security Issues](#security-issues)
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+- [Minimal System Requirements](#minimal-system-requirements)
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- [Install](#install)
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- - [System Requirements](#system-requirements)
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- [Docker](#docker)
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- [Official prebuilt binaries](#official-prebuilt-binaries)
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- [Updating](#updating)
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Please follow [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md).
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-## Install
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-The canonical download instructions for IPFS are over at: https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/. It is **highly recommended** you follow those instructions if you are not interested in working on IPFS development.
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+### Minimal System Requirements
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-### System Requirements
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+IPFS can run on most Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. We recommend running it on a machine with at least 4 GB of RAM and 2 CPU cores (kubo is highly parallel). On systems with less memory, it may not be completely stable, and you run on your own risk.
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-IPFS can run on most Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. We recommend running it on a machine with at least 2 GB of RAM and 2 CPU cores (kubo is highly parallel). On systems with less memory, it may not be completely stable.
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-If your system is resource-constrained, we recommend:
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+## Install
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-1. Installing OpenSSL and rebuilding kubo manually with `make build GOTAGS=openssl`. See the [download and compile](#download-and-compile-ipfs) section for more information on compiling kubo.
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-2. Initializing your daemon with `ipfs init --profile=lowpower`
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+The canonical download instructions for IPFS are over at: https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/. It is **highly recommended** you follow those instructions if you are not interested in working on IPFS development.
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### Docker
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