Re: [LUG] linux in schools - terminal ... man

["Mark Evans" <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 08:40:52AM +0100, Mark Evans wrote:
>
> > > My server is a 1Gig (chipset forgotten) with 256.
> >
> > Unless you have only a few terminals you really want
> > as much RAM as possible in the server.
>
> I have 16, but not all of them will happen at once. Maybe 6 to 10 at a
> time. I'd love to put more RAM in, but the school has no funds.

In this kind of situation there can be little
in between not swapping at all and thrashing.

Large programs such as Star/Open office
can be a pain here. If you have enough
RAM then they work very nicely otherwise
they don't.

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