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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > Would a swap file have prevented the problems I had 
> > untarring a 75MB kernel source code file
> 
> It's possible, particularly if it was gunzipping at the 
> same time (i.e. tar -zx).

It was a bzip 2 file.  I ran bzip2 first.  Then tar.  It also gave me an 
error message (3 lines long) while I was deleting the 75MB file.  Can I 
run tar and bzip2 at the same time?

> 
> > Are you using a Mozilla-based browser?  
> 
> Yes.  Phoenix.
> 
> > How much RAM does it take just to load it, 
> 
> Around 20mb.
That might be why you run out of RAM and need swap space.  I think Opera 
uses a lot less RAM.  I will check some time and report back.  Are you 
running Xvesa with Phoenix?  How much RAM are you using before you 
actually access a web page?  Opera includes mail.

> 
> > compared with Netscape 3?  
> 
> IIRC, Netscape 3.04 is around half that (and it includes 
> mail, which Phoenix doesn't).  Netscape 3.04 is probably
> the best browser for BL3, but it is very slow on complex 
> web pages (eg nested tables) and it has some problems with 
> javascript.  
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
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