On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 01:14:05 -0700 David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
> On 4/22/23 21:11, David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 22 Apr 2023 at 18:51:26 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: ... > >> "Back in the day", people running Linux had computers with limited > >> amounts of storage and memory. I imagine an initial ramdisk seemed > >> like an good trade-off/ work-around at that time. > >> > >> But today, this is my Linux daily driver: > > > >> Total online memory: 32G > > > > That must be nice. I don't know what it might have cost. I'm afraid > > I only use cast-offs. The oldest has ½GB memory. > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/393918586141 I have something similar - an HP Z440 with 32GB of RAM. It's not quite as "modern" as the Precision at that link, but it can currently be readily found for as little as $250 USD (doubtless less if one scrounges around): https://www.ebay.com/itm/225546840287 -- Celejar