docs: REQUIREMENTS.md — OpenGL 4.3 floor, disk/RAM planning
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Acer M5-481T fails Ghostty because Ivy Bridge HD 4000 tops out at
OpenGL 4.2 in Mesa; Ghostty needs 4.3 — a generation ceiling, not a
missing driver. Document that plus UEFI/x86_64, RAM, and storage floors
(Nix store generations + BTRFS snapper + hibernate swap≈RAM). Linked
from README, docs map, HARDWARE.md; #95 points here.
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**Machine:** Acer Aspire M5-481T only. **Dell XPS 9350 starts Ghostty fine**
(Bernardo clarified 2026-07-15 — do not treat XPS as a Ghostty failure).
**Why this hardware fails:** the Aspire is Ivy Bridgeclass (**Intel HD
4000**, ~2012). Mesas max for that GPU is **OpenGL 4.2**; Ghostty requires
**4.3**. That is a **generation ceiling**, not a missing package — no
Nomarchy or Mesa tweak can make HD 4000 report 4.3 honestly. Documented in
`docs/REQUIREMENTS.md`. The product response is a fallback terminal (or
probe), not “fix Intel drivers.”
On the Acer, Bernardo installed **kitty** by hand (worked) and launched
Ghostty from that shell twice — **same box, two lifecycle points, two log
shapes**: