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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!darwin.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Minimal X-windows system Date: 12 Jan 1994 01:00:20 GMT Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 22 Message-ID: <2gvi34$bvk@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <CJHpHs.173@uai.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <CJHpHs.173@uai.com>, Ken Burrell <ktb@uai.com> wrote: >Would someone please tell me what the minimum amount of memory is >required to run X-windows (SVGA mode, 256 colors) on a 486 with >the appropriate video card and monitor? I know that you can run >X-windows in the above mode with 4Mb of memory and a swap file under >Linux; but, what do you need with 386BSD ? Please help, as I have >been unable to find anything on this in the latest FAQ. From seeing posts and people's comments on those setups, I wouldn't actually call it 'run X-windows' under Linux. More like 'crawl X-windows'. You really want 8MB of memory to run X, and more if you plan on developing X applications with either Linux of *BSD. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me