Re: Small xorg?
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> From: Patrick Strasser <patrick.strasser@student.tugraz.at>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Small xorg?
>
> Patrick Bartek wrote on 2012-07-06 04:00:
>
>>> That was I was planning: window manager only. [...] found that xorg,
> plus all the stuff it loads, eats a lot of RAM -- about 100+ MB -- leaving only
> about 50MB out of 192 available for applications.
>
> Hello Patrick!
>
> Just to make sure: You did not install Recommended packages, just
> Required ones, did you? I always disable Recommended packages in
> aptitude and before starting the install procedure I look through the
> list of Recommended and Suggested packages, just in case I find
> something I really need or like.
As I recall, only the required dependencies were installed. I needed the system to be as lean as possible due to the RAM limitations, but still be easily usable. Perhaps, a little background for clarification:
The Thinkpad 240X (500Mhz PIII, 192MB RAM) was acquired used about 5 years ago, and initially Debian Sarge and XFCE were installed along side Windows 2000 Pro--dual boot. I used the installer's "Expert" option, and installed just the base system--no X anything, then used Aptitude to build the rest of the system, piece by piece. I let Aptitude determine the necessary dependencies. After everything was up and running, I installed what apps and extras I wanted either with agt-get or Synaptic. A year or so later, I did a apt-get dist-upgrade (instructions strictly followed) to Etch which was the latest version at the time. A while later, during a standard update/upgrade (not dist-upgrade)--Lenny was the most current release--somehow parts of Lenny were installed. However, the damn thing still worked! Gotta love Linux. That's where the system sits today.
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