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[Acronym] for __R__andom __A__ccess __M__emory.

You can do a fairly bare install of a modern Linux distribution with 16[MB] of memory, although many installers require more memory, once the [OS] is installed, you should be fine.

32MB of memory can be a reasonably useful Linux install if you don't have X(1) or any other memory hungry programs running.  32MB of memory would make a reasonable non-caching firewall for instance.

64MB of memory is where a machine starts becoming usable interactively with X(1), but don't run [Mozilla] :)

128MB is a reasonable amount of memory for a Linux install, but if you want to run Mozilla, and other memory hungry programs you probably need:

256MB or 512MB.  512MB is a nice amount of memory.  I have 512MB on my desktop, which is also a fileserver.

1GB of memory is just getting silly :)

See [DDR] and [SDRAM]

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Last edited on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 9:18:54 am by JohnMcPherson

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