On Friday 01 June 2007 08:01, Aaron Elmquist wrote:
Oh, and don't give me an bs about how linux runs with less memory. I had to upgrade my PC from 128mb with windows to over 256mb to install fedora 6 with gnome on the other partition. I might have dumped windows by now but I have a crappy winmodem that isn't supported.
Depends on your choice of Linux. I have the embeddable version of Slackware running (barely) on my spare machine, an old Compaq Deskpro with 96MB main memory. I use KDE. But obviously this machine won't support Inkscape.
Slackware has dropped the Gnome interface altogether. To install e.g., Inkscape on Slack one has to get a third party addon package to get the Gnome libs. There are several out there but only one works with Slack 11 (Gware) and installation is tricky.
My main machine is Inkscape capable with Gware and 512MB main memory. My experience with Gimp indicates that, with very large memory requirements, swapping slows the machine down to unacceptable levels. I don't know if there is a 500 node limit.