On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:40:33AM -0000, Paul wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bart@...> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/12/2013 1:46 AM, loyal_barber wrote:
> > >
> > > A note however: If you have 4 GB or less of memory
> > > you will want to create 1 to several swap partitions of approximately
> > > 2 GB each up to 1.5 times your amount of RAM.
> >Can't Linux just use a file on
> > disk for swapping of necessary?
> >
> > One advantage that I have read about Linux is that it is much
> > easier on resources than Windows; it can be used to bring new life to
> > older machines. Therefore, I am curious as to why 4 GB of RAM is
> > insufficient to run Linux properly, and that several dedicated
> > partitions for swap areas are required.
I'm a bit puzzled by that statement as well. I am also wondering if the
quoting got messed up on this list, as it frequently does, because,
especially for a desktop machine that isn't doing that much, I wouldn't
have more than one swap partition. Usually, as I run fairly minimal
desktops, I never have more than 1 GB of swap, save on servers, but that's
a different thing. Yes, Linux only requires one swap partition, and you
could, in a pinch, even get by without that--depending upon what you're
doing--if you never do anything memory intensive, then you might be able to
do without it.
HOWEVER--as far as it being lighter on resources, most Linux developers
these days are like their Windows and Apple counterparts, and sad to say,
running Fedora requires more resources than Windows XP (though not more
than Windows 7). Fedora won't do a GUI install if you have less than 512MB
of RAM, and RH has crippled the text install.
However, there are other versions of Linux, including Debian and Slackware,
and probably Ubuntu minimal, that still run on low resource machines.
--
Scott Robbins
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