Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:53:33 +0100 (CET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: high-end vs. low end [was: Linux vs. FreeBSD] |
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Don't forget, the point is, that linux makes a perfect Xterminal of > > > a 386 with 8M ram (and should further versions do so too). > > > > It probably will. It might even work better :) > > Don't think so. I tried to make X run on 386 with 8meg and hercules, > and it is very slow. It is usable, but when X it start 2 minutes or > so, it is not nice. So - 386 was never nice X terminal.
I once booted Linux/m68k on my Amiga 4000/040, with an artificial memory limit of 2 MB (of course I had swap :-). I started X (640x400 in 256 colors), twm and one xterm. I do suggest at least 4 MB, though ;-)
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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