Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Re: Configuration Problems
I was working on the assumption that because Windows 95 and Office (what I usually use at home) can survive on 16MB (what I had last week, the rest I "borrowed" from work"), then a simple Linux GUI would as well.......
I always tell people that Linux + X requires the same resources as Windows NT - hence more than Windows 95. This is because of the networking capabilities of X. Of course, compared to NT, you end up with more facilities - but compared to Win 95 (which is what most Windows home people have) - there is a performance hit ... and most people probably won't use X in a networked way. I use X on a P90 with 32 Mb RAM and a P60 with 48 Mb RAM. The P60 actually out performs the P90 due to the memory use. Netscape takes a minute or 2 to start - and I wouldn't even attempt to use Star Office - so I would agree with richards 64 Mb minimum for Star Office/Netscape things. For everything else I do in X (email, editing, etc) my 32/48 are fine - and of course, I can use X and the network - I usually use the P90's desktop (it has the modem and my internet apps) remotely from my P60 (which is in my study) ... so the performance hit is far outweighed by these perks - for me. Kevin.
Which explains why Star Office wouldn't work either.....I do like the games
though.......
Robb Bloomfield
PS. Well done Roger (>>It's in hand, Richard....)
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I was working on the assumption that because Windows 95 and Office (what
I
usually use at home) can survive on 16MB (what I had last week, the rest I "borrowed" from work"), then a simple Linux GUI would as well.......
I always tell people that Linux + X requires the same resources as Windows NT - hence more than Windows 95. This is because of the networking capabilities of X. Of course, compared to NT, you end up with more facilities - but compared to Win 95 (which is what most Windows home people have) - there is a performance hit ... and most people probably won't use X in a networked way.
I use X on a P90 with 32 Mb RAM and a P60 with 48 Mb RAM. The P60 actually out performs the P90 due to the memory use.
Netscape takes a minute or 2 to start - and I wouldn't even attempt to use Star Office - so I would agree with richards 64 Mb minimum for Star Office/Netscape things.
For everything else I do in X (email, editing, etc) my 32/48 are fine - and of course, I can use X and the network - I usually use the P90's desktop (it has the modem and my internet apps) remotely from my P60 (which is in my study) ... so the performance hit is far outweighed by these perks - for me.
Kevin.
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