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Date:      Fri, 9 Aug 2002 10:08:38 -0700
From:      Johnson David <djohnson@acuson.com>
To:        rene@xs4all.nl, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Libretto L2/5 + FreeBSD + X-Windows
Message-ID:  <200208091008.38155.djohnson@acuson.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020809111522.GB76272@xs4all.nl>
References:  <20020809111522.GB76272@xs4all.nl>

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On Friday 09 August 2002 04:15 am, rene@xs4all.nl wrote:

> I'm wondering if it is possible to run selected freebsd apps
> (x-windows, bash, browser, GPS software) from a ramdisk.

Will this ramdisk come out of your 512MB, or from a card? If the former, then 
I would definitely keep things as slim as possible, to the extent that I 
would not install X at all, and use text mode email and browsers (links, 
pine, etc).

In any case, you will want a small footprint. For a window manager I would 
choose Blackbox or Windowmaker. For email and browser, I would choose Mozilla 
since it combines the two into one app. Galeon is small, but it requires a 
lot of GNOME backend, so It may end up using as much resources as Mozilla.

I have no idea about GPS software.

David

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