ltiu wrote:
>My experience:
>
>64 MB is minimum for Linux running X (with nothing else). Meaning, it will
>use up 64MB with kernel and X(KDE or GNOME) alone. If you use a lighter
>window manager, maybe your 64MB will go further. If you start other programs,
>like say Netscape or Koffice or a couple of bash x-terminal shells, then your
>machine will start swapping.
>
I don't know if what you say is true, and if it is, there's really
a regression in Linux performance. Before, it was possible to run Linux
in a 16MB machine. Kernel using less than 4MB and X less than 4MB too.
I can't imagine that kernel and X alone could use up to 64MB.
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