Firefox System Requirements

Firefox 2.0

Windows

Operating Systems
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 98 SE
  • Windows ME
  • Windows NT 4.0
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Vista
Minimum Hardware
  • Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
  • 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
  • 52 MB hard drive space

Mac

Operating Systems
  • Mac OS X 10.2.x and later
Minimum Hardware
  • Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 or PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
  • 128 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater)
  • 200 MB hard drive space

Linux

Software Requirements

Please note that Linux distributors may provide packages for your distribution which have different requirements.

  • Linux kernel - 2.2.14 with the following libraries or packages minimums:
    • glibc 2.3.2
    • gtk+2.0
    • XFree86-3.3.6
    • fontconfig (also known as xft)
    • libstdc++5
Minimum Hardware
  • Intel Pentium II or AMD K6-III+ 233 MHz CPU (Recommended: 500MHz or greater)
  • 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
  • 52 MB hard drive space

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