X and Fluxbox :: X and 16MB Ram

What do you think about it?
Would my 16MB Ram Computer be to slow for XServer?

Not if you create a swap partition or a swap file.

Even so, you should use Dillo and other light apps instead of Firefox or other apps that use more RAM.

"Too slow" is a subjective term that will need to be decided by yourself.

It will probably also help to use the minimal theme and edit .xinitrc to load only the things that you want loaded as to not waste ram on things you wont use.

The trick with X and low amounts of ram is not usually the X server, it's the window manager and apps.

As long as you have some swapspace, run as few apps as possible, and do not expect great performance, you should be okay.

-J.P.

I don't really thing it will work with 16 MB RAM withought swap.

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