John Aldrich wrote:
>
> No.... Linux will run just fine in 32 megs. I've got 32 mb on my machine at
> work. It's a bit sluggish sometimes, but it works pretty well. Having played
> around with my new (new to me...used parts machine <G>) dual-PPro 200 with
> 198 MB RAM, I can tell THAT machine is going to SCREAM! :-) RAM *does* help,
> but you can run an X-client is 32 mb or less of ram, it'll just be
> SLOOOOOOWWWWW!!!
Alot of that has to do with KDE grabbing such a huge chunk of memory.
Using something like fvwm or WindowMaker or AfterStep will do alot in
speeding up your work in X with a smaller memory system.
There's not alot that's changed in X over the years, and my first Linux
experiences were on a 8M system.
> > Hi eveyone.
> >
> > I just picked up a copy of Mandrake 6 on CD Rom on front of magazine
> whilst
> > I was on holiday in France ( I live in England).
> >
> > Managed, eventually, to install it on my back-up computer - the only
> > instructions I had were in French.
> >
> > I'm 64 and have only been computing for about 7 years so my learning curve
> > has to be steep. Had some fun setting up KDE but it's now functioning. It
> > has Netscape 4.6 installed but everytime I try to run it the HD grinds
> away
> > and nothing much else happens. I've seen a suggestion that I need 64 meg
> ram
> > to run effectively. Can anyone confirm this and also suggest any good
> > literature.
> >
> >
> > John the Nadger
> >
> > A nadger a day keeps the gaunties away
> >
> > http://www.goon.freeuk.com
> >
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