Re: General Questions
On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 08:18:21 -0400
Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 07:53:52AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > Source Code wrote:
> > > 3. Is it possible to reduce RAM consumption? And minimize it?
> > > Let's say up to 100-200 mb?
> >
> > That depends on what you choose to run, and how. I would not
> > recommend trying to do anything interesting on a machine with
> > less than 256MB of RAM. That will not be enough for many common
> > uses.
>
> According to
> <https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch03s04.en.html> 256
> MB is the absolute minimum amount of RAM for installing bookworm on
> an AMD64 machine, using the text installer and no GUI packages.
>
> However, if one is trying to set up a low-memory server of some kind,
> especially in a virtual machine or similar environment, that's an
> entirely different line of questioning.
>
> I'm guessing that's NOT the goal here, because the OP mentioned WiFi.
> This leaves me somewhat perplexed.
>
Old laptop?
--
Joe
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