From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 6 07:32:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B05816A4CE for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:32:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2829843D53 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:32:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jayobrien@worldnet.att.net) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (dsl093-180-184.sac1.dsl.speakeasy.net[66.93.180.184]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12) with ESMTP id <2004110607323711200mhc0se> (Authid: jayobrien@att.net); Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:32:37 +0000 Message-ID: <418C7E11.6080400@att.net> Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:32:33 -0800 From: Jay O'Brien User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD - questions References: <418C57F4.1040703@att.net> <20041106050550.GA72796@xor.obsecurity.org> <418C5E87.7020505@att.net> <20041106064447.GA1061@procyon.nekulturny.org> In-Reply-To: <20041106064447.GA1061@procyon.nekulturny.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: memory requirements? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 07:32:42 -0000 Danny MacMillan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 10:17:59PM -0700, Jay O'Brien wrote: > >>Kris Kennaway wrote: >> >>> >>>It all depends what you want to do with it...it's the applications you >>>run that take up most of the memory. 128MB is a bit on the small side >>>if you're going to be doing memory-heavy desktop work (e.g. running >>>mozilla, KDE, etc), but there are plenty of lighter-weight >>>alternatives to those applications. >>> >>>Kris >> >>Good point. I am bringing up another (very capable) machine and learning >>as I go; I set it up with 4.10 and I now think I should be running 5.2.1. >>It will ultimately be a mail and web server. >> >>I thought I would bring this old machine (inherited from my 89 yr old >>m-i-l who passed away in August) on 5.2.1 to get a feel for it; I would >>probably not do much more than use it as a SSH terminal to connect to >>the other machine and as a learning tool to learn (or re-learn) unix >>commands. It presently runs Win98SE, had a CD reader and a NIC card, >>so I know it has working hardware. >> >>The bottom line is that 128MB seems adequate for FreeBSD itself? > > > More than adequate. I have a 300MHz 64MB machine with a 7GB hard drive > running 5.2.1 handily. I don't have much on there besides dovecot, but I > do use it as an installation and configuration testbed for new software > I'm interested in. I don't have X installed. There is no difference in > apparent speed at the console or through SSH between this machine and my > other much more capable (800MHz, 384MB) 5.2.1 machine. > > Unless your needs are more substantial than they would appear, your > machine is overpowered. I would just go ahead and try it. If you find > that you need more power you haven't closed the door on any opportunities > by trying it. As another poster has mentioned, you might want to wait > for 5.3, or put a pre-release version of 5.3 on it. > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > you may want to put 5.3 on it. Supposed to release this weekend > according to a note earlier. > > I only use FreeBSD for server work so I cannot comment on memory > requirements for running X etc > > Chad > Thanks, folks! I hadn't considered 5.3, but as this is really only a test bed, I might as well go for it. I see 5.3-RC2 is available, I'll grab it and burn an ISO CD. Jay O'Brien