From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Subject: Re: small computer ? Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:55:54 -0700 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020902145048.0219aec0@celine> References: <002e01c252b4$a8f7d3c0$3505b3d8@aptiva> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <002e01c252b4$a8f7d3c0$3505b3d8@aptiva> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Robert R Stephens , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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. -- -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, California, USA ray@comarre.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs