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Ray Ingles  
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 More options Aug 29 2005, 7:13 am
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From: Ray Ingles <sorce...@dmc22317.local>
Date: 29 Aug 2005 07:13:03 -0400
Local: Mon, Aug 29 2005 7:13 am
Subject: Re: Josh's trollercoaster roundup
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In article <slrndgtvk9.qpa.sorce...@dmc22317.local>, Ray Ingles wrote:
> ...it certainly doesn't seem impossible that the system could be
> usable in 96M. Linux is quite good at swapping out stuff that's
> not really in use.

 I ran Ubuntu in default Gnome mode with 96MB of RAM. It was surprisingly
usable (I had to pop up a terminal and check "free" to make sure the mem=96M
boot option had actually worked). There was more swapping (actually, with
512MB RAM, there's normally no swapping at all) but it ran fine; I was able
to bring up Firefox, play a couple movies, etc. Not as snappy as with the
full RAM, and running too many apps would definitely impact things, but all
in all I was pleasantly surprised.

 I don't have an extra license for XP Pro; it'd be fun to try it on the
same hardware, with the same RAM (XP Pro claims to need 128MB minimum, but
will "support" 64MB... "may limit performance and some features").

--
 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                     (313) 227-2317

   Microsoft Windows - You'll envy the dead.


 
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