[Xastir] Some advice on a dedicated Xastir box please?

[Neil Morris]

More useful info... thanks Brian.

Maybe I should just put it on the other machine (Duron 1g/512mb). That would 
involve zapping my Windows installation but I might just like an excuse to do 
that :-)

Neil
G0TVJ

>	I just kicked Xastir (CVS) off and connected it to the Internet
>stream.  After a few minutes it was consuming 36M with a few WinAPRS
>maps loaded in addition to the stations off the Inet. You probably can
>run on 64MB, but with SDRAM prices what they currently are I'd probably
>rather have 128-256M in the machine to make it more comfortable.
>
>			THX/BDH
>
>
>
>On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 12:08, Neil Morris wrote:
>> I've been away from Xastir for a while (though reading the list avidly). 
>> Although I have a meaty machine I could put it on I'm looking at an older 
>> computer which might make a good home for it, a PII 300 mHz with 64mb 
>pc100. 
>> It's only going to run Xastir and maybe a couple of other ham apps - is it 
>up 
>> to the job? I'm thinking it is, as long as 64mb is enough - and I plan to 
>> stick with WindowMaker or Blackbox or some other minimal window manager. 
>> 
>> I have a choice of RedHat 7.2 or SuSE 8.0 to put on it. Which will involve 
>> the least messing about to get the current cvs version working? I have a 
>> slight preference for RedHat but I'm comfortable with both.
>> 
>> Opinions/advice/arguments will be gratefully received :-)
>> 
>> Neil
>> G0TVJ
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