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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!leonard.anu.edu.au!not-for-mail From: gpg109@leonard.anu.edu.au (Paul Gortmaker) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Extremely low memory system Date: 26 Sep 1995 22:30:22 +1000 Organization: Australian National University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <448rou$pnq@leonard.anu.edu.au> References: <43a1u6$572@tuba.cit.cornell.edu> <43bru9$g3p@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> <MICHAELV.95Sep17014327@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <4881@krabat.marco.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.2.15 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #12 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:61295 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:6380 leo@krabat.marco.de (Matthias Pfaller) writes: >Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com) wrote: >> I wouldn't recommend anything less than 8MB for X. And, 16MB is >> really where it starts getting "nice". >If you are using the machines as Xterminals *only*, 4mb is enough. Yes, it is workable -- I run 4MB linux boxes as xterms as well. I also try to trim the kernel in unique ways to save mem. If you are interested, you may wish to look at the following info: http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/mem.html Paul.