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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> Would it still swap if you use an arrow mouse 
> (keyboard instead of mouse) 

Yes.  The problem with 3mb RAM is that there is insufficient
room in RAM to hold all of Xvesa -- some of it is sitting in 
swap.  So, whenever Xvesa tries to do something (like react
to mouse movements), it has to swap parts of itself in and
out.  As I say, not pretty.

> I have already added links-ssl (500K)

I played with links-ssl a bit and it seemed buggy.  No outright
crashes, but it seemed to be less reliable than the usual links.

> lynx (1M), 

links, links-ssl and lynx.  That's what I call overkill.

> Maybe a console calculator or spreadsheet?  

The spreadsheet package from BL1 will probably work.  Wonder
if it needs ncurses?

> Of course you can't compile too well in 10M - how much more 
> space would that require?  

The GCC packages (with libc5) need around 15mb.

> > swm and e3pi are two examples of what I am trying to bring 
> > together in BL3: useful functionality in a very small footprint.
>
> Don't forget Xvesa and rxvt.  And even microcom.

Ah, micromon.  I forgot about that.  Another tiny gem.
And, of course, busybox itself is a collection of tiny
gems.

Cheers,
Steven