David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 07:09:49PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > > Now the choice of 464kB or 4528kB on a desktop where you're actually > using the shell for interactive things is probably not a big deal, > personally I'd never use dash, posh, or busybox (except for rescue > purposes) on a desktop (or server, for that matter) other than for > scripts.
Actually it is. In desktop (low memory PC; 64M or less), you open several terminals to work efficiently. It's quite natural to have 10-20 open. Count 20 x bash against some other alternative shell and the consumed memory becomes apparent. Jari -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
