SlackwareThis Forum is for the discussion of Slackware Linux.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0 (started with 13.37). Testing -current in a spare partition.
Posts: 931
Rep:
Right now there are 661MB used from 2GB according to Conky,
with Thunderbird, Firefox and some others running.
Right after boot, in Xfce Conky shows 250~300MB used.
In addition there is a 2GB swap partition but it is rarely used.
For a desktop or laptop or server I try to avoid machines with less than 4GB. I do have a desktop and a laptop running 14.1 each with 4GB in them. My main laptop and main home workstation both have 16GB. My employer is a cheapskate, so the workstation at work running 14.1 has 8GB. I also have thirteen servers at home, seven with 8GB (all powered down at the moment), five with 16GB and one with 32GB.
My current plan is to install 14.2 on one of the currently powered down 8GB home servers for testing. If all goes well 14.2 will eventually go onto the 32GB machine. I might also put it on the 4GB laptop, which is acting as the gateway / firewall / atmospheric control for the outbuilding housing the servers -- http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...shelves-36351/
Or, I'll put as much RAM on a motherboard as it will hold.
I wish my motherboard would support more than 8GBs... but that's what I get for running an 8 year old board. But a light is on the horizon... I'm waiting to hear more on AMD's Zen (due Q4 this year) and if it's close to what they're projecting, I'll probably jump on that and get a massive upgrade
With Thunderbird, firefox with a draining website, small Gimp session and filebrowser:
73 % used.
When I add libre office writer session:
89 % used, still no swap in use.
Of course RAM allocation is dynamically. But considering that 1 GB did work quite alright and these values now, I think 2 GB are absolutely OK for my everyday use that doesn't contain draining activity.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.