From: drew@kinglear.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) Subject: Re: [HELP] XWindows 8 MEG RAM req??? Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 20:44:05 GMT
In article <734876801.F00076@remote.halcyon.com> Chris.Dreke@f460.n3625.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Dreke) writes:
>Well, I am able to run X windows on 4 meg + swap space, but it is too
>slow to do much more than play tetris. If you want to run multiple
>applications, you will need more memory.
More memory is definately better.
However, if you are stuck with only 4M :
- Use the monochrome server instead, mono images require 12.5%
of the memory that color images take.
- Pare down the kernel to more workable size by compiling out the
features you don't use - ie TCP/IP, SCSI, etc.
- Use a swap partition instead of a swap file, it's noticeably
faster.
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