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- From: cteague@ra.cs.umb.edu (Charles F. Teague II)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: X11 w/ 2Mb --> Don't bother...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.072532.13203@cs.umb.edu>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 07:25:32 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cs.1992Nov6.072532.13203
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- This is a quick note to anyone who is interested enough at the idea
- of being able to run Xwindows on their PC, but who only has 2Mb of RAM:
-
- "Don't Bother."
-
- I saw the messages that said you should have at least 4 Mb (some said at
- least 8 Mb) to run X11 effectively, but through a lack of strong wording,
- and (admittedly) my hope that I could get by w/ 2Mb, I decided to try
- anyways. So, 7 disks * 1.2 Mb * 2400bps == about 1.5 weeks later, and I
- have the SLS (0.98) x disks. I install it last night, and after playing
- around for a bit, setting up Xconfig, I finally run X tonight.
-
- Ouch! I never heard my HD swap so much! X functioned, but with hideous
- delays! (and all I had running was xclock + xterm...). Plus, since twm is
- smart enough to wake up windows when they are under the mouse, simply moving
- the mouse around while waiting for it to finish loading something can result
- in it waking up (+ therefore swapping in) and then putting back to sleep (+
- therefore swapping back out) other applications, slowing it down even worse!
-
- This is not to put down X... What I saw looked pretty good. It's just that
- 2Mb is TRULY NOT ENOUGH MEMORY!
-
- Hopefully, this message will save anyone who is in the position I was in
- 2 weeks ago the trouble of transfering 7 disks worth of X files.
-
- Sincerely,
- --
- Charles F. Teague II Net:cteague@cs.umb.edu Real:33 Sidney Ave, Lynn MA 01902
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