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On Sat, 26 May 2007 01:14:50 -0500,
thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris B. <chrisb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [ sniped from your .sig ... ]
>> "I sometimes have over 50 windows open, I have 16 dual-head virtual
>> desktops, and I usually have about 100-150 tasks running, with just
>> 512 MB of RAM." - The Liar Roy Schestowitz
>
> I just curious why you felt compelled to quote the above in your sig.
> I assume from the 'Liar' bit that you doubt it is possible, but I've
> ran far more on even lower end hardware and without it breaking a
> sweat. Right now I'm running 230 processes with over 60 windows
> open and 16 virtual desktops (I don't have dual head system). My
> current CPU utilization is around 0.5% as most of those processes
> are spending most of their time waiting on I/O (being terminal
> shells or status monitors). I have a gig of RAM in this system,
> but according to the free command I would not be paging even if I
> had half that.
>
> I'm just curious what was so sig worthy about Roy's claim.
>
> Thad
>
Perhaps he doubt's it could be done with MS-Windows, and projects that
assumed inability on other OSen.
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