Re: Mimimum Memory for Suse 9.2

From: B Gruff (bbgruff_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:36:35 +0000

svpjfbd@wlrajt.com wrote:

>
> I have installed 9.2 with 128 MB of memory on a P500. This was from
> the CDs. It will drop back to text install I think. You may also
> need to have a swap partition ready on the disk, not sure if I
> already had one (it was a previous Linux HD). But it can be done.
>
> You will find that while KDE runs, it will be slow activating
> things. Even OO runs after a long delay starting. Still, for my
> friend who is totally computer adverse, it's KDE or nothing, since a
> less integrated environment will be unusable by him.

Exactly my experience with an almost identical machine (550MHz/128MB)

I keep debating buying some extra RAM, but wonder if it's worth it?
Can anybody hazard a guess at the difference I'd see with 256 or 384
of RAM?

Bill

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