Re: Mini 10v

[Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il>]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:38:40AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Wed,23.Sep.09, 22:47:04, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > How about a PIII-500 machine with 384 MB RAM running from an 1GB USB
> > > stick?
> > 
> > Machines with much smaller memory and slower processor were used as
> > departmental mail servers not that long ago.  Believe me, it's a no
> > brainer.  I run postfix on my Neo Freerunner (128MB RAM) and haven't
> > noticed it being a problem.  If you don't use it, the kernel will swap
> > it out.
> 
> - because it's on a stick it has no swap
> - this machine is good enough for the typical MPEG-4 movies (on my 
>   hi-res TV), but I don't want to risk skips in the middle of the movie 
>   just because postfix is running it's queue or whatever.

What if Kmail / Claws / Evolution decides to run its queue?

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