My 1st linux box was a 486 w/ 16MB ram and ran X just fine. I think it could w/ just 8MB. More was better of course.
On 9/3/10, Benjamin Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Thomas Charron <twaf...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Hardware-Ben >>> >>> Am I right in that this thing cannot run an X server? >> >> It presents a framebuffer, so I see no reason why it couldn't except for >> RAM. > > I mean as in, "you won't find a working X server", not "sure it can, > just write one yourself". :) > > RAM may or may not be a problem. It's got 32 MB, which is more > than anything Project Athena had at first, but software seems to take > up more and more memory as times goes on. Maybe swapping to flash? > > -- Ben > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/