From: ljk@muse.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Les Kitchen) Subject: Re: [HELP] XWindows 8 MEG RAM req??? Date: 21 Apr 1993 02:16:01 GMT
cosham@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham) writes:
>I'm running X windows on 5 meg + swap space (8 meg) and although it is
>slow, it is still quite usable. I've got a 486DX-33.
As another data point: I run X386mono on a 6Meg 20MHz 386SL
and it works quite fine, so long as I don't have something
heavy weight like a big compile going on in the background.
I make a practice now of nice-ing everything for which I
don't need an instant interactive response (gcc, latex,
etc.)
Les Kitchen.