Re: i386: Geode LX and NOPL

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

Greg Wooledge [2023-05-20 11:23:27] wrote:
> On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 10:36:21AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I was still able to use Debian on a (headless, armhf) 512MB machine
>> without too much suffering two years ago, but I suspect that less than
>> that might be impractical.
> Depends on what you plan to use it for.  That amount of RAM would be
> unacceptable for a desktop environment running one of the major web
> browsers, but it might be perfectly fine for, say, a DNS server.  Maybe
> even overkill.

For the day-to-day operation, you're probably right (512MB was plenty
for most of the services that machine offered).
"impractical" was referring to running APT, mostly, tho it may also
depend on how many packages you have installed.


        Stefan