Posts: 1,139
masinick
Joined: 26 Apr 2008
#16
drg wrote:Surprises, hardly. Glad to point out that the ram 'hit' is very little for the low RAM boxes.
Yeah, that's for sure. In this day and age, that modest growth is reasonable. However, Linus Torvalds, when he looks at today's kernel, considers the thing big and bloated, and in some senses, it is. But its modular, scalable, and adaptable, and all those things are very important.

What else works on hand held devices all the way up to super computer systems? (If anything, I'd argue the overall use cases are not as significant and complete as they are with the Linux kernel, and for our space - the low RAM, aging systems, this software is about the most reasonable compromise that I've seen; it's my favorite, in any case!
Posts: 162
drg
Joined: 22 Feb 2010
#17
This 3.3.3 kernel on P200MMX, antiX-full 04 March 2012, as inxi –F showed it.
64M RAM:
Init3 13.5/57.5MB
Rox-icewm/-fluxbox/-jwm similar, 30 to 31/57.5MB
Wmii 20.8/57.5MB
With 128/192M RAM, just add 2 to 4 M more to above figures.