On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 08:18:21 -0400 Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 07:53:52AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Source Code wrote: > > > 3. Is it possible to reduce RAM consumption? And minimize it? > > > Let's say up to 100-200 mb? > > > > That depends on what you choose to run, and how. I would not > > recommend trying to do anything interesting on a machine with > > less than 256MB of RAM. That will not be enough for many common > > uses. > > According to > <https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch03s04.en.html> 256 > MB is the absolute minimum amount of RAM for installing bookworm on > an AMD64 machine, using the text installer and no GUI packages. > > However, if one is trying to set up a low-memory server of some kind, > especially in a virtual machine or similar environment, that's an > entirely different line of questioning. > > I'm guessing that's NOT the goal here, because the OP mentioned WiFi. > This leaves me somewhat perplexed. > Old laptop? -- Joe
