I've been reviewing my RAM situation and one issue is the amount of RAM
needed to get my system up and running. I'd appreciate feedback indicating
that my experiences are not out of line with those of others.
Running RH 6.0, to boot to a command prompt takes about 27 Mb. Then to
startX adds about 25 Mb more. I typically keep three applications running:
FileRunner (4 Mb), emacs (10 Mb), Netscape (20 Mb), and altogether, four
xterms (about 4 Mb). I'm running GNOME. So I start out using over 90 Mb
RAM.
How does this compare with the experience of others. I have 128 Mb RAM,
but I know there is a flakey chip, and place to replace it shortly. Could
bad RAM increase the RAM requirements of X, GNOME, and applications?
Haines Brown
