At 10:45 AM 11/12/2001 +0100, you wrote: >ltiu wrote: > >>My experience: >> >>64 MB is minimum for Linux running X (with nothing else). Meaning, it will >>use up 64MB with kernel and X(KDE or GNOME) alone. If you use a lighter >>window manager, maybe your 64MB will go further. If you start other programs, >>like say Netscape or Koffice or a couple of bash x-terminal shells, then your >>machine will start swapping. >> > I don't know if what you say is true, and if it is, there's really >a regression in Linux performance. Before, it was possible to run Linux >in a 16MB machine. Kernel using less than 4MB and X less than 4MB too. > I can't imagine that kernel and X alone could use up to 64MB.
We had Mandrake 7.0 for i486 running on 2 486/66's with 8 MB ram. There are, of course, linux's that will run on much less--heck there is even a linux replacement / add on for the PalmOS. And, if I remember correctly, some team got linux running on a wristwatch. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida
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