On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:58:14PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 13:39, Seneca wrote: > > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 10:50:32AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > > > On 2002.05.13 05:18 Miroslav Mazurek wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Maybe I made mistake before, but its 16MB (no further upgrade > > > >possible). > > > > > > FWIW, I've successfully run X (3.3.6) on a P75 w/16MB RAM (2.2 kernel, > > > glibc) using IceWM. So long as you don't run any bloatware (Gnome/KDE, > > > Office suites, etc), this should be more than up to the task. > > > > I currently run X (4.1.0) on a P100 with 16M RAM and a 2.4 kernel. I > > haven't made a final decision yet on my window manager (an experiment > > with Enlightenment was a _big_ miskate), but it runs alot faster for me > > when all I use X for is to hold a dozen xterms, and then use them to > > hold non-X programs (ftp in one, mutt in another, links, vim, and a few > > other programs). > > Why not just use more than the standard 6 virtual consoles? That > would be _much_ more memory efficient than X 4.1.0.
The standard 6 are already in use for other stuff (and yes, I do know about ^Z), and I need X anyway to connect to a proxy. > Also, 75 & 100MHz Pentia are significantly faster than a 386/33, Guess what I'm using as a terminal... > and that must count for something, even if the swap files _are_ > getting seriously excersied. The swapping has turned this system into a cron-operated alarmclock. -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]