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 # How Do I Install Discourse?
 
-If you want the easiest possible install:  
+The easiest possible install:  
 [**Beginner Docker install guide for Digital Ocean**][do]
 
-If you want a powerful, flexible install:  
+A more powerful, flexible install:  
 [**Advanced Docker install guide**][docker]
 
-The only officially supported installs of Discourse are the [Docker](https://www.docker.io/) based beginner and advanced installs, above. We regret that we cannot directly support any other methods of installation.
+The only officially supported installs of Discourse are the [Docker](https://www.docker.io/) based beginner and advanced installs, above. We regret that we cannot support any other methods of installation.
 
 Alternately, you can try the [unofficial Heroku install guide][heroku], the [unofficial Ubuntu install guide][ubuntu], the [BitNami Discourse Virtual Machine package][bitnami] or [Cloud66][cloud66].
 
-## Requirements
-
-### Hardware
+### Hardware Requirements
 
 - Dual core CPU recommended
-- 2 GB RAM *strongly* recommended
- 
-We also recommend you [enable swap][swap] for a total of 4 GB, so 2 GB swap with 2 GB RAM, and 3 GB swap with 1 GB ram, etc.
+- 1 GB RAM minimum (with [swap][swap]), 2 GB recommended
 
-### Software
+### Software Requirements
 
 - [Postgres 9.1+](http://www.postgresql.org/download/)
 - [Redis 2.6+](http://redis.io/download)