From: ichi@ihug.co.nz
To: Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com>
Cc: linux-newbie <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RAM and swap partition
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:39:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DF5A84D.7E8BA1C6@ihug.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5.1.0.14.1.20021209102942.020ab400@celine
Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> It's hard for me to think sensibly about what I'd do
> on a system with, say, 16 or 32 MB of RAM, because I
> can't seriously imagine setting up such a system as a
> workstation today
You might be surprised at the number of people today trying
to install Linux on computers with less than 32mb RAM. It
not unusual for Windows users to try Linux on a dusty old PC
(rather than risk their precious Windows machine). Also,
there are still quite a few laptops in regular use with less
than 32mb RAM.
One of the advantages of Linux is that it still quite usable
on old hardware. A light X runs pretty well on 12mb RAM --
I even know of some people running X with 4mb RAM (*shudder*).
Cheers,
Steven
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-10 8:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-09 18:22 RAM and swap partition james miller
2002-12-09 18:47 ` Ray Olszewski
2002-12-10 8:39 ` ichi [this message]
2002-12-09 20:59 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-09 20:59 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-10 8:15 ` ichi
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-12-16 0:00 Heimo Claasen
2002-12-16 21:33 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-15 0:00 Heimo Claasen
2002-12-15 4:07 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-13 0:00 Heimo Claasen
2002-12-13 22:31 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-07 0:00 Heimo Claasen
2002-12-08 0:24 ` james niland
2002-12-08 13:15 ` Rolf Edlund
2002-12-08 15:58 ` Ray Olszewski
2002-12-08 21:43 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-11 18:32 ` Rolf Edlund
2002-12-09 7:13 ` ichi
2002-12-08 21:39 ` whitnl73
2002-12-11 18:03 ` Rolf Edlund
2002-12-08 0:35 ` dashielljt
2002-12-07 0:00 Heimo Claasen
2002-12-08 2:28 ` whitnl73
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