John Moore wrote:
Thanks. The primary purpose is to study and understand Linux and the programming environment. I'd also like to install Apache and Tomcat and do some Java programming (again, just experimental stuff - nothing commercial grade). I'll definitely need to run a browser and an email client. The ability to run (Star/Open)Office would be nice.I don't think you'll find Java development on such a system to be very rewarding.From: Lee Braiden <jel@tundra.ath.cx> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Is 64MB enough? Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 12:20:16 +0100 On Monday 09 May 2005 12:18, John Moore wrote:> I'm a total Linux newbie who'd like to install Linux on my really old PC. > It has 64MB of RAM and a 4GB hard disk. The installation documentation I've> read at debian.org seems to indicate that this is sufficient. Is that > right? Thanks. Well, it depends on what you plan to use it for. But yes, you can run asystem reasonably on 64MB, as long as you're prepared to wait occasionallyfor bigger apps to load/swap etc. -- Lee. Please send replies to the list, not to my email address. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.orgwith a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org_________________________________________________________________FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
I have sarge running on a 733Mhz P3 (upgraded from 450MHz) with 384MB of RAM. At 450MHz, I found the Netbeans IDE (and the system overall) to be decidedly creaky. The 733MHz CPU perked things up in general.
The second problem is that both Netbeans and Eclipse go to disk a lot. I don't think it's paging (surely not with 384MB), I think these environments frequently read the class libraries for keyword completion, debug symbols and the like. My motherboard is only capable of 33mbs operation, and I'm tired of waiting for the IDEs to change their state as I go through a compile/link/debug cycle.
/JVL