[TriLUG] Minimum usable laptop memory for linux (was: Comments on "IBM Certified Used" equipment?)

Jason Faulkner jasonlf at gmail.com
Tue Mar 1 18:46:10 EST 2005


Not to mention, if you used some minimal WM, you'd be better off.


On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:42:19 -0500, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> going from 64mb --> 192mb will make a HUGE difference in usability if
> you're trying to run a modern desktop like gnome or kde.  i might have
> a stick of 128mb lying around, contact me offline if you're interested.
> 
> jason
> 
> On Tuesday 01 March 2005 18:34, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> > All this talk of laptops prompts me to ask a question.
> >
> > I've got a surplus Thinkpad (A21e) which currently has 64MB of RAM.
> > I installed FC3 on it and it boots, but runs out of memory, if I try
> > to run an application or two.  Is it worth it to add more memory?
> > The max this little puppy can hold is 256MB, it has two sockets for
> > either 64MB or 128MB PC100 SODIMMs.
> >
> > Would adding 128MB to get 192MB be reasonable?  If not would
> > replacing the existing module with two 128MB modules to get 256MB be
> > acceptable? Anyone know where I can get these modules cheap?
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