From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 6 19:03:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CD32106566C for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:03:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from samankaya@netscape.net) Received: from imr-da04.mx.aol.com (imr-da04.mx.aol.com [205.188.105.146]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 593AE8FC1C for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:03:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imo-ma02.mx.aol.com (imo-ma02.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.137]) by imr-da04.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o06J30AM024340; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:03:01 -0500 Received: from samankaya@netscape.net by imo-ma02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.5.) id i.d4c.579780d5 (34957); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:02:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (mail.reformkurumsal.com [212.156.209.87]) by cia-da06.mx.aol.com (v127.7) with ESMTP id MAILCIADA066-888d4b44de5a2d9; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:02:52 -0500 Message-ID: <4B44DE59.4030200@netscape.net> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:02:49 +0200 From: Kaya Saman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/20090605 SeaMonkey/1.1.17 (Ubuntu-1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Charlie Kester References: <1262685825.15832.5.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20100106072531.2b0c18b1.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20100106172105.GA95215@comcast.net> <20100106182959.GC95215@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20100106182959.GC95215@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AOL-IP: 212.156.209.87 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) X-Spam-Flag: NO X-AOL-SENDER: samankaya@netscape.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tuning for very little RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:03:17 -0000 [...] > > I don't think we want to hijack this thread or this forum and turn it > into a debate over which window managers and apps are best. As I > pointed out in my followup to my original reply, there's already a > voluminous discussion on those topics. I think we should simply point > interested readers in that direction and let them make up their own > minds. > [...] I am currently using a PIV 2.4GHz with 480MB RAM with fluxbox! This works really well, I have firefox and opera browsers installed and will look at getting my favorite Seamonkey installed too sometime but isn't a priority as this machine doubles as a DNS, NTP, NFS, and Radio streaming server :-) And I only have a 35GB HD too which is peanuts considering that in my full-blown network in my other house I have round 3.2TB....... So far am only using 80-90MB RAM when X is turned off! With X on it's round ~125MB that's with running Xterm, Firefox, and Rhythmbox or even Mplayer. In my opinion it's always best to test and try out a few WM's to see which one fits the bill best, after that it's easy! Regards, Kaya