Re: General Questions
On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 06:26:20PM +0600, Source Code wrote:
> I use Debian on my PC not as a server.
>
> Using Debian for PC OS is not good? Is it recommended only for servers?
>
I've only been using it on a PC for 26 years - it is too early to be
certain whether it is good or not.
> And about third question, I mean: dwm and awesome wm. They will be
> supported in future too?
>
> It turns out you need free firmware to use wifi? But I can use wifi, but
> only with some DE. I just can't use it just from the start without DE.
>
Install Network Manager packages. Then use nmtui - network manager text
user interface - to set up your Wifi.
nmcli - command line interface also exists but is harder to use.
dwm and awesome: that depends very much on whether the maintainers
are there to maintain these.
> Вт, 25 июля 2023 г. в 18:18, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>:
>
> > 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?
> > >
A text only interface on the command line with no graphics and no web
browser - *maybe* - it will depend on the kernel and other utilities
running. 100MB would be very unlikely.
> > > 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.
> >
> >
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
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