Hello Craig, On Sun, 2013-08-11 at 00:53 +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 07:34:51PM +1000, Mark Trickett wrote: > > That is what I was looking for. I was considering lightweight > > graphical desktops, and not sure of quite which. Comments from the > > experience of others is what I value in this situation. > > lxde is another popular option for a lightweight window manager.
And playing with on a resurrected IPEX P4 with 256Mb of RAM, currently stand alone. I will look at removing Net-Manager, and setting up a manually configured network. I am also considering setting up a DHCP server as an exercise, on the right hardware, and tying the allocated IP addresses to the MAC addresses. The right hardware would be a RPi or BeagleBone, ie low power for running 24/7. > > Will consider the zram, but wait for budget. > > sorry, i must have given the wrong impression. > > zram is free, it's included with recent-ish kernels. it uses some of > your existing RAM and creates a compressed ramdisk swap device. > > so if you have 2GB, you might configure it to use up to 1GB as > compressed swap and, depending on exactly what was being paged out and > how compressible it was, you get much more than that. when a process > needs some code/data swapped back in, it comes from the zram swap which > is much faster than disk - especially the slow 5400rpm disks typically > in a laptop. (of course, if you've got an SSD then it's probably not > worth it) The 1.5Gb on the laptop might be serviceable that way, but not the next toy desktop. I will need to look to resurrecting what was the next workstation, but has currently died. At the moment, not certain whether MB and CPU, or just the PSU. That was a dual core Intel CPU with 3Gb and quite nice, gave me a taste of the responsiveness of running on a modern multicore CPU. Also would like to get running the older Pentium classic P200 HX MB with 64Mb of RAM. Now that will require a small footprint install. > > Dropped a bit of timber when chasing mice in the walls. Have mostly > > eliminated critters, but still more needs doing. > > mice love cats, esp with toxoplasmosis. And I would love a cat as a companion, but not while my work takes me away too much, when I have work. If I had a settled older cat, yes, but not to introduce one when I can be away all day, several days running, and even away for a week. There is also the ratsack to remove. > > Noted, it might be possible to do an install to a disk in a better PC, > > then transfer. If I can get some specs, would you, or Russell Coker > > be able to source old RAM and post for a payment. I do not wish to > > impose, and I did "haunt" the Swap Meets, but being four hours from > > Melbourne makes it a bit difficult. I am also now a bit out of touch > > with most things post Pentium Classic, not entirely, but certainly not > > so familiar. > > what sort do you need? i may have some old DDR or DDR2 RAM lying around > you can have. As commented, not looking for laptop RAM, that is maxed out. The IPEX desktop has two slots for PC133, one of which has a 256Mb stick installed. Next is to look for next desktop workstation, but really should earn money first. Even should you or Russell have a second hand unit, cannot really spare the funds for the 600+ Km round trip to collect. There will be work, in due course, then short of time. > i don't have any old laptop ram, i've always been averse to laptops > (i dislike tiny keyboards, tiny screens and especially touchpads) and > haven't had any real need for one...i only really bought my x401u > because it was cheap and i wanted a keyboard/screen/ssh terminal to take > to linux conf. I have an interest in mounting a RPi in a VESA box on the back of a flat panel monitor, relatively low power, and small physical footprint. I am also interested in using one headless as a server as mentioned earlier. Again, waiting to earn, then can learn and sell expertise, hopefully a better income, and less arduous than current physical employment. Then the physical activities for myself can be to my pacing. > craig Regards, Mark Trickett _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
