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@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Before opening an issue, consider using one of the following locations to ensure
 - [Next milestones](#next-milestones)
 - [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
 - [Security Issues](#security-issues)
+- [Minimal System Requirements](#minimal-system-requirements)
 - [Install](#install)
-  - [System Requirements](#system-requirements)
   - [Docker](#docker)
   - [Official prebuilt binaries](#official-prebuilt-binaries)
     - [Updating](#updating)
@@ -93,18 +93,13 @@ Before opening an issue, consider using one of the following locations to ensure
 
 Please follow [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md).
 
-## Install
-
-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.
+### Minimal System Requirements
 
-### System Requirements
+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.
 
-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.
-
-If your system is resource-constrained, we recommend:
+## Install
 
-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.
-2. Initializing your daemon with `ipfs init --profile=lowpower`
+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.
 
 ### Docker