From: Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com>
To: Robert R Stephens <robert4@bestweb.net>, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: small computer ?
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:55:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020902145048.0219aec0@celine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <002e01c252b4$a8f7d3c0$3505b3d8@aptiva>
At 03:12 PM 9/2/02 -0400, Robert R Stephens wrote:
>How small of a computer does one need to run a GUI with a Desktop
>environment on a linux system?
Do you mean how *big*? It depends on what you mean by "Desktop environment"
and what else the system is running.
I've used a 486/40 with 16 MB RAM, running X and wfvm95, but it didn't do
much more than that (just ran the usual background apps, some xterms, and
otherwise acted as a remote X terminal for use with a server). Some of the
newer minimalist X desktops, like blackbox or ICE, would probably handle
this sort of setup pretty well.
If you are wondering about environments like KDE or Gnome ... they will
require more in the way of resources. I have very little eperience with
these high-demand desktops, so someone else will have to address that part.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-02 21:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-02 19:12 small computer ? Robert R Stephens
2002-09-02 21:52 ` Sean Rima
2002-09-03 7:29 ` szonyi calin
2002-09-03 19:24 ` Sean Rima
2002-09-02 21:55 ` Ray Olszewski [this message]
2002-09-03 10:23 ` a.c.labij
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