Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:13:29 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: Kaya Saman <SamanKaya@netscape.net> Cc: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tuning for very little RAM Message-ID: <1262808809.15832.8.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4B44DE59.4030200@netscape.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> <4B44DE59.4030200@netscape.net>
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On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 21:02 +0200, Kaya Saman wrote: > [...] > > > > 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! I'm running icewm - desktop icons are not a priority atm, but I will use idesk later. I think sysctl options will help, as well as reducing my consoles. I'll keep everyone posted and see what happens. Thanks for the pointers guys.
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