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Date:      Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:02:49 +0200
From:      Kaya Saman <SamanKaya@netscape.net>
To:        Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tuning for very little RAM
Message-ID:  <4B44DE59.4030200@netscape.net>
In-Reply-To: <20100106182959.GC95215@comcast.net>
References:  <1262685825.15832.5.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au>	<20100106072531.2b0c18b1.wmoran@potentialtech.com>	<20100106172105.GA95215@comcast.net>	<alpine.BSF.2.00.1001061040270.15424@wonkity.com> <20100106182959.GC95215@comcast.net>

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[...]
>
> I don't think we want to hijack this thread or this forum and turn it
> into a debate over which window managers and apps are best.  As I
> pointed out in my followup to my original reply, there's already a
> voluminous discussion on those topics.  I think we should simply point
> interested readers in that direction and let them make up their own
> minds.
>
[...]

I am currently using a PIV 2.4GHz with 480MB RAM with fluxbox!

This works really well, I have firefox and opera browsers installed and 
will look at getting my favorite Seamonkey installed too sometime but 
isn't a priority as this machine doubles as a DNS, NTP, NFS, and Radio 
streaming server :-)

And I only have a 35GB HD too which is peanuts considering that in my 
full-blown network in my other house I have round 3.2TB.......

So far am only using 80-90MB RAM when X is turned off! With X on it's 
round ~125MB that's with running Xterm, Firefox, and Rhythmbox or even 
Mplayer.

In my opinion it's always best to test and try out a few WM's to see 
which one fits the bill best, after that it's easy!

Regards,

Kaya



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