I ran my home web server with debian Lenny in 128MB for a long time. Once I added Tomcat and an e-mail server, I had to add more ram, but for just http serving, 128MB was fine.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Rugxulo [mailto:rugx...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 5:52 PM > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use FreeDOS > > Hi, > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Mike Eriksen > <thinstation.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Neither XP nor "light" Linuxes typically run well (if at > all) in even > >> 128 MB of RAM, so saying 20 years is a bit of an > exaggeration, even > >> 10 years isn't supported well. I'm not knocking Linux, > just saying, > >> I've honestly tried, and it doesn't always work on such "old" > >> machines. But your mileage may vary (and of course I can't > test 300+ distros). > > > > I'm not here to advocate Linux in one way or another. I > like FreeDOS > > and that's why I keep signing up on this mailing list. > > Obviously. And there's nothing wrong with using Linux or even > discussing it here (ahem, DOSEMU). Even all the bigwigs in > FreeDOS use it heavily. Even I'm on it now (Lucid Puppy 5) on > this old P4 (mostly because my laptop's wifi flaked out, > again, both in Windows and Fedora, go figure, though it was > fine yesterday). > > > But claiming Linux is struggling on 128 MB is way out. > > I tried two liveCDs, and both wouldn't even boot in 128 MB of RAM. > Granted, like I said, I can't try 300+ distros, but most of > the "light" ones specifically say they are targeted at 128 MB or more. > Most anything less is only using older tools and esp. kernel > (2.4, 2.2), which is far from ideal. > > > My email address gives away I'm involved in a Linux thin client and > > this one runs happily with 24-32 MB RAM on and no hard disk. With > > graphics, mouse, networking, USB support, audio support blah blah. > > Graphics or X11? I'd be surprised about GUI stuff. Sure, I've > tried BasicLinux and DamnSmallLinux, even briefly TinyCore, > but they all seem to be too minimal or have other issues. I'm > not saying it can't be done, but, 99% of the time, it never > worked right for me. > > GCC alone can sometimes eat up 100s of MB of RAM for > relatively small source files. (I'm actually thinking of a > specific case using G++ here, so it may not be totally > accurate. But you get the idea.) > > It really all depends on what you want to do. I'm just > saying, the days of low RAM usage are over. People don't even > bother testing on old machines anymore, only whatever they > can find, which is usually new stuff with gigs of RAM. So > while an expert or two may know how to do it (LFS?), > typically canned distros fail miserably. > > Please don't take this the wrong way (as most do, despite my > best attempts), it's just very frustrating for me. There is no easy > (obvious) solution. > > > FreeDOS is still relevant and I like it and I love following it. > > Good! And I guess you know my feelings .... :-) > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual > environment with vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean > your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. > Discover what all the cheering's about. > Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
