Re: [TCLUG:16719] The NVidia license

["Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <carls@agritech.com>]

        I'm going to let other folks hammer on the other points, and I might
say something to them when the furor dies down.

here's the one I want to comment on:
>Resource requirements -->
>Sure, Linux only "requires" 8MB of memory, but if you're going to be
>running X, you'll want at least 128MB.  The same can be said of
>Windows 2000.  128, at least.
>Result: Tie, unless you only run Linux in CLI mode.
        
        I severely beg to differ on this one. yes, X is bloated and slow;
but the window manager and desktop environment make just as much difference. 

I run FVWM2 on my Cyrix166/48MB at home, and rarely touch swap.
I've run AfterStep on a 486/66 w/44MB, and rarely touched swap. 
I've run WM2 on a 486/100 w/ 24MB, and rarely touched swap.

I've run KDE/KWM on a P75/24MB, and it did the worst thrashing I've ever
seen a computer do. (on the same machine, NT4sp1 was nice and snappy, tho I
never actually ran any apps on it.)
I put KDE/KWM on my parents' K6-2/450 w/64MB, and it doesn't hit swap much.
I tried Gnome/E on my Cyrix166/48MB, and it hit swap pretty regularly.

so yes, Linux can be almost as bad as NT if you run a bloated wm. 

__But_I_can_choose_not_to.__

Carl Soderstrom
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