The system that I am using for Linux will be a 486 with a Pentium 66 MhZ processor, a 10GB hard disc, a 48 speed cd rom a sound blaster live card and a cheap video card that I will pick up to day some time. I'm not too worried about not using x because from what I am learning, everything that is done in X can be done in bash. Thanks Darragh www.digytek.com ----- Original Message ----- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 2:31 PM Subject: Re: A few questions > actually, the rule I've read is 2.5 - 3 tines ram. I have also found > lately that at least on me it doesn't help much if at all and that if > you have enough ram I think it is 96mb and up, you don't evenneed swap > and there is a line to limit it that I cannot recall. In me and I > believe 98 2nd edition, we are told to let the pc handle swap. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Parsons" <akp at eznet.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 8:28 AM > Subject: Re: A few questions > > > Hi all, > > My computer guru says that when allocating swap, to allocate twice as > much swap as you have memory. He says it is a rule of thumb learned > from years of running networks and dealing with computers in a company > setting. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." > JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
