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Re: Small footprint window manager



On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 04:18, Miroslav Mazurek wrote:
> 13 May 2002 04:00:48 -0500 "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
> 
> > On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 01:27, Miroslav Mazurek wrote:
> > > 12 May 2002 23:55:36 -0500 "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
> > > 
> > > > On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 19:42, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Isn't this all rather academic, since Miroslav has a _386_ with
> > > > > > only SIXTEEN MB RAM?  Running X would be folly!!  Not only is the
> > > > > > CPU old and slow, but so is the RAM, HDD, video card, etc.  And 
> > > > > > the HDD will tiny!!!
> > > > > > 
[snip]
> > 
> > It's the 8MB RAM that concerns me.  Can you upgrade the box to 
> > 24MB?
[snip]
> > 
> > Sure...  The 8MB of RAM will still _severely_ limit you.  With 24MB
> > or 32MB RAM, you could easily run kernel 2.2, libc6, and dillo, a
> > lightweight GTK-based web browser.  (If all that is allowed is web
> > browsing, then no need for a window manager.  Check a long thread
> > in the regarding this subject in the debian-user archives from 
> > approx. 2 months ago.)
[snip]
> 
> Maybe I made mistake before, but its 16MB (no further upgrade possible).

Doh! I don't know how "8MB" got stuck in my brain.

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