> If you can find anything else that requires 100 meg of memory or more be
> sure to post THAT in the 'survpc' elist too won't you?

I think you either missed or chose the ignore the bit where it requires '20MB
of RAM for text mode'.  I posted the link since it was relevant to the
discussion of newbie Linux users who download BasicLinux even though they
aren't running on survivor-class hardware, and want to see some eyecandy.  The
bloated KDE monstrosity may require 90+ MB, but it's certainly eyecandy and a
very nice way to show off the system.

I'd be willing to bet Knoppix will boot in something like 32MB to a graphical
desktop (there's a choice of KDE, GNOME, Fluxbox, fvwm, twm, and others I
believe) if one doesn't want to load KDE.  And there's always the option of
setting up a swapfile; I'll give it a go later and see how it works out.

BTW, I see machines with 128MB of RAM being junked routinely these days.  I
reckon within a year or so anything less than 256MB will be 'survPC' -- it's
disgusting, but that's the unstoppable march of Progress for you.

Regards,
Ben A L Jemmett.
(http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/)

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