mikshaw
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Posted: Dec. 22 2006,14:19 |
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If you intend to compare DSL with some of the more commonly used distributions, you can look at those differences as being a huge factor in memory usage. Most distros use KDE or Gnome as their desktops, both of which are incredible hogs when compared to Fluxbox. The simple fact that Firefox uses Gtk1.2 instead of Gtk2 is also a fairly big ram saver. Those distros using KDE/Gnome also tend to use the heavier Qt/Gtk2 applications as defaults. For example, Konqueror or Nautilus as the default filemanager will eat much more ram than Emelfm or Midnight Commander.
You might also consider that most other popular distros are configured to load a few (or more) daemons automatically...ssh, samba, sound manager, sendmail/postfix, and syslog are common. DSL loads nothing extra by default.
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