[lug] Linux Distr. Size (was: no fun with the sun)

[Harris, James A (Jim)]

Please don't take this as a personal attack:
	I think the ideal of keeping memory requirements trimmed is
wonderful, but I think it's time we all recognize that a workstation really
needs to have 64MB of RAM these days.  I think certain applications of
machines can run off of 32 or less very well, (routers, DNS, DHCP, etc.
servers) but I would never imagine running a personal X workstation off of
anything less than 64.

Just out of curiosity, why $100 for RAM.  32 should only run ya around $60
at the most these days.  The prices appear to have come down a tiny bit from
their high.

My two cents...
-Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Ferdinand P. Schmid [mailto:fschmid at archenergy.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:43 AM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: [lug] Linux Distr. Size (was: no fun with the sun)

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If Slackware is just as porky as RedHat then I may need to spend around $100
for 32 MB of extra memory to get any use out of my Sparc Classic.
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