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- From: jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid)
- Subject: Re: Enough memory for X?
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- References: <1992Nov19.094620.8917@newstand.syr.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 01:38:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.094620.8917@newstand.syr.edu> ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern) writes:
- >Quick question: I have plenty of hard disk space but only 4M of ram.
- >Before I start ftping and downloading mult-megs of binaries for X11,
- >should I even bother? The FAQ says 8M of ram are needed (required?),
- >but I'm wondering if I can get away with 4.
-
- Get away? Yeah... But only if you are a patient soul like myself :)
-
- I run X11 with only 4 megs; I can run a single xterm and a clock with twm
- with no swapping; more clients than that... i swap.
-
- Today i had two xterms, idraw, and xv (with a gif) running.
- It still wasn't too bad and would have been better if i
- used a lighter weight xterm.
-
- I'd say give it a try and see if you can stand it. If not
- get more RAM! I'm about to...
-
- btw, noticed how good Linux has been for hardware manufacturers?
- The only reason I bought my PC in the first place was to run Linux.
- (I had been putting it off til Herd came round)
-
- jem.
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