Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,24.Sep.09, 20:14:49, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > - because it's on a stick it has no swap > > - this machine is good enough for the typical MPEG-4 movies (on my > > hi-res TV), but I don't want to risk skips in the middle of the movie > > just because postfix is running it's queue or wh

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-26 Thread David Fox
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > - because it's on a stick it has no swap > - this machine is good enough for the typical MPEG-4 movies (on my >  hi-res TV), but I don't want to risk skips in the middle of the movie >  just because postfix is running it's queue or whateve

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 09:40:41PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 07:06:34PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Wed,23.Sep.09, 10:52:09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > > > > All UNIX and Linux boxes should have an MTA. It doesn't always need to > > > listen > > > on

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:38:40AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed,23.Sep.09, 22:47:04, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > How about a PIII-500 machine with 384 MB RAM running from an 1GB USB > > > stick? > > > > Machines with much smaller memory and slower processor were used as > > departmental m

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:38:40AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed,23.Sep.09, 22:47:04, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > How about a PIII-500 machine with 384 MB RAM running from an 1GB USB > > > stick? > > > > Machines with much smaller memory and slower processor were used as > > departmental m

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:41:24PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Osamu Aoki wrote: > > If so, why not configuring exim or postfix as non-resident. It can be > > done. Why not? > > U, which is what I was telling the OP who posed the question. Dunno > why you're telling me. U... I do no

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,23.Sep.09, 22:47:04, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > How about a PIII-500 machine with 384 MB RAM running from an 1GB USB > > stick? > > Machines with much smaller memory and slower processor were used as > departmental mail servers not that long ago. Believe me, it's a no > brainer. I run post

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-23 Thread Stefan Monnier
> How about a PIII-500 machine with 384 MB RAM running from an 1GB USB > stick? Machines with much smaller memory and slower processor were used as departmental mail servers not that long ago. Believe me, it's a no brainer. I run postfix on my Neo Freerunner (128MB RAM) and haven't noticed it be

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-23 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 07:06:34PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed,23.Sep.09, 10:52:09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > > All UNIX and Linux boxes should have an MTA. It doesn't always need to > > listen > > on 25 or 587, but both postfix and exim4 support that. > > How about a PIII-

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:39:14PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: >>> Considering the class of machine this is (highly portable, >>> personal machine) it is highly unlikely that it would ever needs a >>> resident MTA. > Odd. My highly portable, personal laptop runs an M

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
Osamu Aoki wrote: > If so, why not configuring exim or postfix as non-resident. It can be > done. Why not? U, which is what I was telling the OP who posed the question. Dunno why you're telling me. > If resource is issue, reducing eye candies have real impact. Just because somethi

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-23 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:52:09AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 23 September 2009 06:04:50 Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:39:14PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > Considering the class of machine this is (highly portable, > > > personal machine) it is highly u

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 11:06:34 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed,23.Sep.09, 10:52:09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > All UNIX and Linux boxes should have an MTA. It doesn't always need to > > listen on 25 or 587, but both postfix and exim4 support that. > > How about a PIII-500 machine wi

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,23.Sep.09, 10:52:09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > All UNIX and Linux boxes should have an MTA. It doesn't always need to > listen > on 25 or 587, but both postfix and exim4 support that. How about a PIII-500 machine with 384 MB RAM running from an 1GB USB stick? I prefer using th

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 06:04:50 Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:39:14PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Considering the class of machine this is (highly portable, > > personal machine) it is highly unlikely that it would ever needs a > > resident MTA. > > I agree with "it would

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-23 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:39:14PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > So now compare the overhead of those applets (CPU, memory, anything > > else?) to the applets you have running. > > This is a flawed analogy. Each one of those applets are ones that serve > some purpose to

Re: Mini 10v

2009-09-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > So now compare the overhead of those applets (CPU, memory, anything > else?) to the applets you have running. This is a flawed analogy. Each one of those applets are ones that serve some purpose to me at the moment. I use the menu dozens of times a night, the workspace

Re: Mini 10v (was: Lightweight alternative MTA?)

2009-09-22 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 09:32:05PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> What desktop are you running there? > > I bounce between Dell's 8.04 GNome and UNR 9.04 GNome. I'm not too > keen on GNome but haven't had the bug to move to XFCE or KDE. I many > bounce between the two be