--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "dbneeley" <dbnee...@...> wrote:
>
> Jon,
>
> I saw a test of the various GUIs not long ago, and unfortunately XFCE has
> become far more memory-intensive than it was at first. If you wish to use a
> Ubuntu-based distro, you might try Lubuntu (LXDE GUI)...smaller memory
> footprint than Xubuntu.
How is this for a small footprint?
On my other machine running Debian Lenny in X fluxbox window manager
with an X terminal open to display in:
free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 504 64 439 0 2 35
-/+ buffers/cache: 169 334
Swap: 1427 0 1427
Which all means that I am really only using 29MB of RAM. But setting that box
up did take a little bit more doing than simply dropping in a disc and going.
It still is an example of what can be done.
Anybody out there running any lighter? I didn't even think this was possible in
this day and age, but apparently it is.
That old rust bucket boots up in 16 seconds too.
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2250/wedoct27bootchart.png
I could probably make it smaller and lighter but it is a purpose built box for
a specific task, so it has some additional unavoidable overhead on it.
Paul
Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system. --Seymour Cray
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