Re: [SLUG] Another report from the trenches

[Jim Hague <jim.hague@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02-Aug-2001 Jamie Honan wrote:
>>I mean 100% RAM used and waiting for ever while things get swapped. It
>>gets to the point where I even have to wait for mutt at times.
> 
> Gee, I can't confirm that behaviour at all. My P133 + 64 Meg
> never gets that bad. While Kword was running I was ssh'ing at
> aptgettting and ...
> 
> Maybe the PPC needs more memory? Do you have have any rough ideas
> from compiled sizes?

My Sparc has a puny 64Mb, and I certainly do feel the pinch. I simply can't run
Konqueror or Mozilla without extreme patience, and even Netscape 4 and XEmacs
together will cause amusement.

I suspect Sparc and PPC instruction densities are similar.

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