Re: Sarge - Minimum System Requirements

[Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za>]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:29:24PM +0200, botio wrote:
> ...
> > Mem:  64106496 57204736  6901760        0  7970816
> > 31293440
> > Swap: 94920704        0 94920704
> > MemTotal:        62604 kB
> > MemFree:          6740 kB
> > MemShared:           0 kB
> > Buffers:          7784 kB
> > Cached:          30560 kB
> 
> seem ok, linux uses the free memory (not used by apps) for caching and
> buffers (for better I/O), cached memory is freed when needed by apps.
> 
> then, memory used by your apps is only 62604 -30560 -7784 (~25MB)
> 
> > SwapTotal:       92696 kB
> > SwapFree:        92696 kB
> 
> your swap is not used, so 64MB is enough for your system.
> 

Just to add to this:  I have been running sarge on an Intel Celeron
360 with 64Mg ram for years - even using X11 and sometimes Openoffice.

Regards
Johann
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