I would suggest to list typical uses like running GNOME+Evolution +Epiphany or httpd+spamassassin+sendmail+clamav or VegaStrike giving recommended parameters for each case. It depends mostly on the applications and their configuration (like how many processes/threads they use) how much memory they require. 2008. 12. 3, szerda keltezéssel 23.28-kor Karsten Wade ezt írta: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 10:46:43PM -0600, Dan Smith wrote: > > It's changed. I tried to install FC 7 or 8 on a machine running FC6 > > once and found I could not do it. It is an issue since many folks like > > to use the same distro on all machines and keep older machines around > > as print servers, bastion hosts, data servers and such. I've got a > > couple ancient machines I'm rehabbing that I'll have to use a > > non-Fedora distro on because there's no way to lighten the kernel > > without a good bit of hand pruning to get it to run on the 256 megs of > > ram those two machines have. > > This is one of the sources of the problem we have. The release notes > do reflect the as-provided GA release, and wouldn't cover e.g. a spin > for lightweight machines. But we cannot stop those people from > reading _these_ notes, and what would they say with their Fedora XFCE > spin designed to run on older hardware, and find >1 GiB CPU and RAM > requirements? > > Here are some points to consider: > > * How do we define a minimum set of hardware that is realistic? > > * Who is doing that testing already and can tell us? > > * Or is no one? It's very telling that no one has bothered to update > this content in a long time. Fedora Docs relies upon the developer > experts to tell us those numbers. David Woodhouse had helped keep > the PowerPC side up to date for a long time, for example. > > The most I'd feel comfortable doing is adding an admonition. > > Note > > Hardware specifications are bare minimum and may not work with > standard Fedora > > It is possible to install Fedora in a very small footprint on slower > hardware with less memory. However, standard Fedora desktop and DVD > installations are likely to require faster hardware with more > memory. > > As a good rule, double or triple the bare minimum requirements on > this page for a Fedora installation that uses a graphical > environment or is otherwise not a custom Fedora Spin or Remix > designed to run on older hardware. > > Something like that. :) Whatever we do, let's make the change on the > Beats page so we remember for next time. If we get something good > enough, we can consider updating the current notes. > > - Karsten > -- > fedora-docs-list mailing list > fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
