Peter Christensen wrote:
>
> I started with Debian 2.1 on my Pentium 200 MHz with 32 MB of memory,
> then upgraded with apt-get to Potato. I recently replaced the single 32
> MB SDRAM with two 128 MB SDRAMs.
>
> When I installed Debian I created a 32MB swap to match the size of the
> memory. Should I now increase the size of the swap to match the new
> memory?
it depends. basically yes (rule of thumb: swap should be 1x or 2x
RAM), but check how you use the system and how full the swap becomes.
> I wouldn't mind wiping my hard drive clean and re-installing
> everything. Now that I have learned a little about Debian I realize
> that the install option of "dial-up workstation" (if that's what it was
> called) installed many software packages that I will never use, for
> instance lots of games and window managers.
just uninstall the stuff you don't want.
erik
