Re: [flalug] 1st post

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Feb 19 2005 - 23:20:47 EST


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Bill Canaday wrote:

> On Saturday 19 February 2005 12:45 pm, Khepri wrote:
>
> > But back to the topic...this machine is aging and
> > I would do well to go with a lighter
> > desktop...I've been looking at ICEwm and Xfce for
> > a GUI..i'll have to google those you mention
> > though as I haven't run intothemin my searches yet..:)
>
> http://freshmeat.net
>
> Try your search there. More hits, fewer misses. Half the carbs.
>
> BTW, if you compile your own kernel to suit yourself you'll gain quite a bit
> of 'wiggle room'. zoom zoom.

Yeah. The kernel I used in 2.14.22 was 656K, while the stock kernel from
2.4.18 (Redhat 8) was 3127K PLUS a 253K initrd.

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