On 23 Sep 99, at 16:18, Robin Stevens wrote:
> > > There are some Linux folks that like the present program because it
> > > doesn't use X-windows.
> > I certainly do! A program like mprime that is supposed to run in
> > background at all times should not depend on a X server running.
>
> Quite. For a start, some of the servers on which I have mprime running
> don't have an X server. I'm not always logged into them
That's enough of a reason to convince me.
Also, running X on a system increases substantially the memory
requirements of a system and its need for either substantial backing
store or fast network support.
As it is, a linux mprime client / room warmer (without X) is happy
with a 170 MB disk (practically free from the junkyard). 16 MB of RAM
is adequate, 32 MB is comfortable & 64 MB is overkill. You may have
noticed that SDRAM prices had already doubled in a month even
_before_ the Taiwan earthquake - which, one suspects, will not
improve the supply situation - so the extra 16 MB of RAM you _really
need_ to run X is going to cost you something of the order of $25.
And you need a graphics card to run X, too - my linux mprime client
doesn't contain one!
Regards
Brian Beesley
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