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Re: Linux on a small memory PC

From Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.setup
Subject Re: Linux on a small memory PC
Date 2022-07-09 09:09 +0200
Message-ID <tab9iv$19mn4$1@solani.org> (permalink)
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Am 09.07.22 um 07:30 schrieb 25B.Z959:
> On 7/8/22 7:41 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 08/07/2022 00:15, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>>> In comp.os.linux.misc The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 07/07/2022 12:49, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>>> Xfce would have been even lighter on the machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Please.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am sick to death at hearing how this or that window manager would have
>>>>> used a megabyte of RAM less.
>>>>
>>>> Your main complaint was about boot time, that's one of the things
>>>> that slows up boot time. If you were interested you'd try a
>>>> lightweight WM yourself and see how less processing required for
>>>> window/menu operations makes performance after start-up seem better
>>>> as well.
>>>>
>>> No, what slows up boot time is disk IO. And to a lesser extent CPU power.
>>
>> A circular argument if ever I saw one. Were those not limiting
>> factors, the WM in use would indeed not matter. As it is, it's
>> data to be read off disk and code to be processed, more = longer
>> boot time.
> 
>    Correct. The QUESTION is "How MUCH longer, real-world ?".

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Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-07 11:20 +0100
  Re: Linux on a small memory PC Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> - 2022-07-07 12:47 +0200
    Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-07 12:00 +0100
    Re: Linux on a small memory PC Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-07 10:52 -0400
      Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-07 16:52 +0100
        Re: Linux on a small memory PC Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2022-07-07 11:50 -0500
          Re: Linux on a small memory PC Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-07 14:51 -0400
            Re: Linux on a small memory PC Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-07 22:07 +0100
              Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-08 09:50 +0100
                Re: Linux on a small memory PC Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-08 10:12 +0100
            Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-08 09:48 +0100
              Re: Linux on a small memory PC Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-08 14:04 -0400
                Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-08 19:35 +0100
                Re: Linux on a small memory PC Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-08 15:54 -0400
        Re: Linux on a small memory PC Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> - 2022-07-08 10:27 +0100
          Re: Linux on a small memory PC "25B.Z959" <25B.Z959@nada.net> - 2022-07-18 23:59 -0400
  Re: Linux on a small memory PC Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-07-07 13:49 +0200
    Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-07 14:00 +0100
      Re: Linux on a small memory PC Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-07 11:12 -0400
      Re: Linux on a small memory PC not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-07-08 09:15 +1000
        Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-08 09:56 +0100
          Re: Linux on a small memory PC not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-07-09 09:41 +1000
            Re: Linux on a small memory PC "25B.Z959" <25B.Z959@nada.net> - 2022-07-09 01:30 -0400
              Re: Linux on a small memory PC Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-07-09 09:09 +0200
                Re: Linux on a small memory PC "25B.Z959" <25B.Z959@nada.net> - 2022-07-09 11:42 -0400
              Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-09 10:00 +0100
                Re: Linux on a small memory PC "25B.Z959" <25B.Z959@nada.net> - 2022-07-09 11:54 -0400
                Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-09 17:12 +0100
                Re: Linux on a small memory PC "25B.Z959" <25B.Z959@nada.net> - 2022-07-10 00:41 -0400
                Re: Linux on a small memory PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-10 10:58 +0100
      Re: Linux on a small memory PC Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-07-08 01:50 +0000
        Re: Linux on a small memory PC "25B.Z959" <25B.Z959@nada.net> - 2022-07-07 21:57 -0400
        Re: Linux on a small memory PC Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-07-08 09:50 +0200
        Re: Linux on a small memory PC doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2022-07-08 14:18 +0000
          Re: Linux on a small memory PC Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-07-08 23:05 +0000
  Re: Linux on a small memory PC "25B.Z959" <25B.Z959@nada.net> - 2022-07-07 21:15 -0400

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