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> DSL does have ssh (but the menu only offers telnet, and the panel sshd).
> It can be made to run Opera 8.52 in 32MB memory with a 48MB swap file.
> Free shows 28MB real memory used before dialing and less than 1MB free.
> (Plus 3MB used by the kernel). After dialing, 5MB of swap are used, with 
> about 2MB free.  It runs quite slowly because of needing to swap.
> But I am now online with Opera and also ssh.  And Xfbdev.
>
> BL3 in 24MB RAM seems faster, on a laptop 2/5 the speed.
>
> 'RAM usage' on the desktop shows about half the actual usage.  7MB instead 
> of 15.  16MB instead of 28MB.  It gets swap correct.
>
> It says my cpu usage is 0% with 29 processes (on desktop).  Top disagrees.
>
> I can chroot to DSL from BL but X will not load.  Complains about no 
> /proc.  I cannot mount /proc - I get an error.  Same error if I try to 
> mount the floppy disk.  I can attempt to use a cardbus wireless card 
> without the GUI assistance.
>
> DSL is buggy.
>
>
> Someone is coming over this week with his 133Mhz Compaq (48MB but no 
> cardbus or USB) to install a linux to 4GB IDE flash drive.  He wants a 
> modern browser (Firefox 2 from DSL), Irfanview (xv and zgv instead), Flash 
> (forget it - flash wants 800MHz), Foxit pdf reader (xpdf) and other things 
> he is used to in Windows.  I will put on both BL and DSL for him and let 
> him choose later.  What do we do with the other 3.5GB?
>   
48M is a good amount for DSL, and some older Slackwares. Try also Vector 
Linux. However Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 are  most suitable for this 
computer

Samir.

> Sindi Keesan
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