[orca-list] system requirements for orca and linux

[michael weaver <weavermicha googlemail com>]

would it be a good idea if there was information about system 
requirements for running a linux distro with orca just like you 
get basic system requirements for installing ubuntu or basic 
requirements for running windows with a screenreader such as 
windoweyes or jaws?
i ask because not everyone has a sighted partner or share their 
home computer systems with anyone else.
i for example don't have a partner not because i don't choose not 
to have one but because as a guy in my 30s my relationships have 
fallen to victimisation by the people running my peers including 
one potential girlfriend bullied into illegal drugs.
i know that ubuntu gives basic ram requirements for installation, 
i think gutsy requires 350 megs to run the live cd but there is 
no information for ram requirements for accessability options 
such as orca or brailletty.
so far any computer i have purchased i have sought advice from my 
family who are not the most technically minded so it has always 
been assumed i only need basic requirements as i don't for 
example use a digital camera or manipulate graphics and it has 
only been these last couple of years that i have got to know the 
linux user groups in my area.