From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-gw0-f42.google.com (mail-gw0-f42.google.com [74.125.83.42]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85C17C1A2E8 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:15:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so1269519gwj.29 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:15:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=fjLhHe/bJwE8TBQLfMvaxWuEgsNlaOfxxoJasvGfE2A=; b=AA2IKtL9h+iZVNru6FvNPXBjWCmjABbSeVD8PPv30eW37GJCZj10Fa/LxYPwz9Zv1n yn5Ucorm8j8sHEv4nD182f0bU6OLR1hIicHrN60r4W5eteryBgkVLfBBRLDtt6ODwIyV /a/FEG2eEgz6RcpcIogyFzTJB61uSdFgwpN9A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=UxXiX3zc5F6tC+vemqpfpDip/dAvTpJylEwNOVm+uVa62vo13JSmvNFSeAjORwEBsm 6rjdqSUlmkciYUOGZ1ln30rchVLEaRv9HE/pCNUtBhxYb8XPILtzsKpVkmra13XkGnYh mLcQ5QgoY/RDWMfagXcFtprS+7Iuac486dIZM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.233.33 with SMTP id f33mr2715627ybh.31.1268612156981; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:15:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:15:56 -0500 Message-ID: <33dd3b861003141715r1072f0aam13feeef3fd3be0ad@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Linux Introduction From: "Alex H." To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:15:59 -0000 Hello, Basically the "bigger the better" applies here. If you're going to run a server with 128 MB of RAM, putting a GUI on it isn't a good idea. Use Speakup and a minimal console system. It also depends on how much traffic you're planning to have on the servers. Linux does run much lighter than other legacy OS's propperly configured. HTH Alex On 3/14/10, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > My old debian system used to run off a p3 with 128 ram. The ram depends on > what you use; I had a LAMP system going for being able to play with > php/mysql stuff locally, but the more users you get on your site and the > more daemons/processes running, the more ram you'll want. Php instances are > rather big, etc. You can use swap too, but when the system starts thrashing > you'll have issues in terms of speed. Reading and writing from the hd is > considerably slower than ram, and the applications that are forced to use > swap are going to be considerably slower than they would be if you had the > right amount of ram for them to run. > > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > http://tds-solutions.net > Twitter: sorressean > > On Mar 14, 2010, at 4:10 PM, JP Jamous wrote: > >> Thank you all for your feedback. I have to say that this is a new area for >> me that I am exploring. I don't mind the command prompts, but I prefer the >> GUI, due to speed and ease of use. >> >> I am just wondering how much RAM and CPU power does Linux use? The servers >> that I would eventually like to install Linux on are P3 Xeon processors >> with >> anywhere from 128MB of RAM up to 1GB. >> >> I am familiar with the history of Linux, but not the way it functions. I >> am >> going to follow your feedback and give it a test drive. I just asked the >> above questions to be ahead of the game when I implement it. Thank you. >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >