From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tds-solutions.net (tds-solutions.net [66.220.1.115]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA156C1A315 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:19:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.20] (unknown [168.103.85.95]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tds-solutions.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C727416014 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:19:18 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Subject: Re: Linux Introduction From: Tyler Littlefield In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:19:15 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) 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: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:19:21 -0000 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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