That also depends on how many users/ttys you want to have running at any one time, how big your hard drive is, how fast your processors and so on. On the box I am running I have dual 450MHZ processors, 1G of RAM and a swap file of 1.5G, and I am the only one using it. What do I use it for? Telnet to other hosts and run admin tools on them... --David At 05:57 AM 9/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I'm saddened to say this confuses me more then ever (too much windows I >guess), but being that I gotta learn this sooner or later to get my >networking degree, I suppose I better learn it now. I won't be doing any >heavy programming, though its possible I will do some multiuser stuff. I've >got more than enough ram (I sit with 512mb), so what would you recommend >under these conditions. Thanks a bunch for being patient with a windows >lackey. grin > > >Jason Symes >kids in the backseat can cause accidents, but accidents in the back seat >can cause kids >The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the >zero adjust on his bathroom scale. (Arthur C. Clarke) >if you stand for nothing you're liable to fall for anything. >If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all! >Just trying to plug away!