Re: high-end vs. low end [was: Linux vs. FreeBSD]

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:53:33 +0100 (CET)

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

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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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