On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 06:26:20PM +0600, Source Code wrote: > I use Debian on my PC not as a server. > > Using Debian for PC OS is not good? Is it recommended only for servers? >
I've only been using it on a PC for 26 years - it is too early to be certain whether it is good or not. > And about third question, I mean: dwm and awesome wm. They will be > supported in future too? > > It turns out you need free firmware to use wifi? But I can use wifi, but > only with some DE. I just can't use it just from the start without DE. > Install Network Manager packages. Then use nmtui - network manager text user interface - to set up your Wifi. nmcli - command line interface also exists but is harder to use. dwm and awesome: that depends very much on whether the maintainers are there to maintain these. > Вт, 25 июля 2023 г. в 18:18, Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org>: > > > 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? > > > A text only interface on the command line with no graphics and no web browser - *maybe* - it will depend on the kernel and other utilities running. 100MB would be very unlikely. > > > 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. > > > > All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater
