Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 08:49:56PM -0800, Jay O'Brien wrote: > >>I inherited a 400 MHz Pentium II with 128MB of RAM >>and a 20GB HD. >> >>Is this an adequate configuration to run 5.2.1, or >>do I need to add memory? > > > It all depends what you want to do with it...it's the applications you > run that take up most of the memory. 128MB is a bit on the small side > if you're going to be doing memory-heavy desktop work (e.g. running > mozilla, KDE, etc), but there are plenty of lighter-weight > alternatives to those applications. > > Kris
Good point. I am bringing up another (very capable) machine and learning as I go; I set it up with 4.10 and I now think I should be running 5.2.1. It will ultimately be a mail and web server. I thought I would bring this old machine (inherited from my 89 yr old m-i-l who passed away in August) on 5.2.1 to get a feel for it; I would probably not do much more than use it as a SSH terminal to connect to the other machine and as a learning tool to learn (or re-learn) unix commands. It presently runs Win98SE, had a CD reader and a NIC card, so I know it has working hardware. The bottom line is that 128MB seems adequate for FreeBSD itself? Jay O'Brien _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
