# Warning: This Guide is Deprecated
We only support Docker based installs now. Please see [our **official install guide**](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md) for supported install instructions.
> # Discourse Ubuntu Install Guide
> ## Recommended Server Hardware
> - 2 GB of RAM
> - 2 GB of swap
> - 2 processor cores
> With 2 GB of memory and dual cores, you can run two instances of the thin server (`NUM_WEBS=2`), and easily host anything but the largest of forums.
> 1 GB of memory, 3 GB of swap and a single core CPU are the minimums for a steady state, running Discourse forum – but it's simpler to just throw a bit more hardware at the problem if you can, particularly during the install.
> ## Install Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS (or later) with the package groups:
> Yes, you can in theory pick the distro of your choice, but to keep this guide sane, we're picking one, and it's Ubuntu. Feel free to substitute the distro of your choice, the steps are mostly the same.
> ![screenshot of package group selection screen](https://raw.github.com/discourse/discourse-docimages/master/install/ubuntu%20-%20install%20-%20software%20selection.png)
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