james miller wrote: > > Let me pose the RAM question in another way to see if > it can elicit a generic, "rule-of-thumb" response
I'm happy to give you my personal "rule-of-thumb", but that's all it is. It's not an absolute truth. Every system gets at least 16mb of total memory. So, a system with 4mb RAM gets 12mb swap. Light X installations with slim wm (*not* KDE or Gnome) get at least 32mb total memory. So, a system with 12mb RAM gets 24mb swap. Heavy X installations need RAM. Lots of RAM. Swap is less relevant on such systems. Cheers, Steven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
