On Thursday 22 February 2007 13:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This leads me to ask about the equivalent for most Linux desktop setups. > > What is the "sweet spot" for RAM in a typical, say, Ubuntu desktop box? > > The point at which diminishing returns from improved functionality > intersects with the increase in cost.
That is a null question for linux. Enough RAM so that your app does not swap is adequate. Enough so that you never use swap is more than enough. I have a linux video overlay unit that uses 128M for root (initramfs) and app memory. So here 128M is more than enough. You seek a windows metric to be applied to linux. Tilt! eg [tigger] /home/jam [85]% cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 1027420 kB MemFree: 13984 kB Buffers: 46048 kB Cached: 268728 kB SwapCached: 34744 kB Active: 718772 kB Inactive: 163876 kB ... SwapTotal: 1509988 kB SwapFree: 1368380 kB ... I do not perceive any limitation in my desktop, based on memory size. Fast and responsive all the time ... James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
