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On 1/20/07, Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na> wrote: |
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> On 19 January 2007 23:46, Vlad Dogaru wrote: |
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> > On 1/19/07, b.n. <brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > Buy a couple spare RAM modules. Surely I agree with your will to build a |
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> > > minimalistic system, this will help anyway and it's a nice experience, |
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> > > but RAM is quite cheap and is the magic elisir that allows outdated |
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> > > machines to be still usable -the CPU is rarely a problem, unless you |
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> > > often do something quite computationally intensive. |
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> > I have 384 megs of RAM and no imediate possibility of buying more. I |
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> > realise it is arguably sufficient for many lightweight applications, but, |
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> > as I mentioned, it is becoming increasingly frustrating, even with the real |
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> > power of Gentoo and Fluxbox (the two have changed my life -- literally). |
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> This is odd.My main workstation also has 384MB of ram. I run a full KDE |
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> session and do not experience any slow down. Right now, I have open: 9 |
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> konqueror windows (not tabs), kmail, kmahjongg, konsole with 3 sessions, |
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> noatun, kcalc. My background is a 1024x768 photo which also takes some |
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> memory. Switching between virtual desktops is instantaneous, all apps are |
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> very responsive. |
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My current Fluxbox session uses 26% of 384 MiB of RAM, with 6 firefox |
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tabs, Gaim, Eterm, Conky, mpd and other mostly insignificant |
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processes. But I still experience a serious drop in responsiveness |
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when opening, say, 3 Slashdot tabs at once, or when starting |
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linuxdcpp. |
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> One good thing (among others) of using a real desktop environment is that all |
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> apps share the vast majority of libraries which are loaded into memory just |
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> once. When you mix environments or use an eclectic collection of unrelated |
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> apps, they all draw in different libraries and memory usage goes up. |
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I've tried to keep most things down to GTK and X. For instance, I |
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haven't even installed qt. |
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How's my English? How about my Netiquette? |
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Do mail me if something is wrong with my behaviour. Thank you. |
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