http://127.0.0.1/blog/22 EGLUG exists to serve the Egyptian Free/Open Source Community you can also join us on IRC #eglug@irc.freenode.org en http://127.0.0.1/node/1401 <p> </p> http://127.0.0.1/node/1401#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:26:17 +0000 NewComer 1401 at http://127.0.0.1 http://127.0.0.1/node/1321 <p> Imagine running the following apps: </p> <ul> <li>konqueror (with 14 tabs open) </li><li>Akregator </li><li>X-Chat </li><li>Juk (playing music) </li><li>Konsole (with 2 tabs open) </li><li>KGet </li><li>KEdit (Writing this text while eglug.org was down) </li></ul> <p> How much RAM should be consumed? The correct answer is 160 MB. My extensively tweaked (for performance) <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/87"><acronym title="A severe skin inflammation in or around the butt.">Windows</acronym></a> installation on the same machine consumes 160 MB with nothing running at all! </p> <p> Don't get me wrong here, I'm not the Gnome/KDE kind of guy. I used XFCE and blackbox on my old machine. </p> <p><a href="http://127.0.0.1/node/1321" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://127.0.0.1/node/1321#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:53:50 +0000 NewComer 1321 at http://127.0.0.1