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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.hk.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Running X-Windows on 4 meg ram Date: 20 May 1995 20:14:09 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3pliih$gpd@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <1995May20.170419.2519@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <1995May20.170419.2519@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, > Here's the question, will I be able to get x-windows of the ground >with 4 meg ram and a huge swap file. I figure since the Sparcs will be >doing all the work my ram will only be running the x-windows and OS. Off the ground, yes. Working really fast, well.. :-) 8MB of RAM would really be better - even the cheapest X terminals on the market (which do NOTHING else but run the X server) usually have 8MB or more - fonts and off-screen pixmaps storage can really eat it up. But if 4MB is your constraint, then you should be able to make a servicable X terminal out of it. > Also I can afford a math-co or the external cache... how do you >think that money would be best spent? I figured I'd come to the experts >before I embark on a potentially hopeless venture. Well, if you're doing lots of graphics (filled arcs and such especially) then that math-co would definitely be worth it. On the other hand, external cache can easily double your performance. Hard call. I'd want both.. :-) Jordan