Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:05:09 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@spqr.komquats.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making FreeBSD More Lean/Efficient On Older Laptop... Message-ID: <20060727190509.GH715@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200607271413.k6REDZpl090879@cwsys.cwsent.com> References: <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> <20060726070644.GA740@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <200607271413.k6REDZpl090879@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, 2006-Jul-27 07:13:35 -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: >In message <20060726070644.GA740@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>, Peter Jeremy >writes: >> On Tue, 2006-Jul-25 13:59:28 -0400, DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote: >> >I have FreeBSD 6.1 running on an IBM ThinkPad 600e, 64 MB RAM, PII 366 >> >MHZ. >> >> What luxury. I'm trying to get a usable FreeBSD 6.1 on a P-150. > >I recently retired a P-133 (my firewall) with 48MB and a P-120 (my old >ports testbed) with 80MB. It's very much doable. Maybe I should have been more explicit. I'm still running a P-120 firewall and it's quite satisfactory. X11, and especially things like Gnome, need lots more CPU and RAM than a typical firewall. -- Peter Jeremy [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEyQ5l/opHv/APuIcRAmCgAJ9jNiQZwvpDYekrIeGeOOaqh8exbgCeOX7O 9BfX3saX5yBAve1O+KU4xKE= =XsMq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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