[Wolves] Red Hat Enterprise Server

[Andy Wootton]

Andy Wootton wrote:

> sparkes wrote:
>
>> Andy Wootton wrote:
>>
>>> It isn't fair to compare the resource use of Debian with RHE. The 
>>> comparison should be with Fedora Core.
>>
>>
>> Why not?
>
>
> I meant that it isn't fair to RH to say it takes up more disk space 
> when a whole bundle of commercial software is being counted in. RHE is 
> Fedora with a bit of extra QA and lots more stuff.
>
I mentioned the other day that Ubuntu Live made me create a swap 
partition for a PC with 40MB of memory and ran very slowly. SUSE 9.2 
Live won't even try to install with less than 256MB. I'm running Fedora 
Core 1 on a laptop with 64MB so I thought it was about time I upgraded. 
The requirements are:


      Hard Disk Space Requirements

...

    *

      Custom Installation (Minimal): 620MB

    *

      Server: 1.1GB

    *

      Personal Desktop: 2.3GB

    *

      Workstation: 3.0GB

    *

      Custom Installation (Everything): 6.9GB


      Memory Requirements

This section lists the memory required to install Fedora Core 3.

    *

      Minimum for text-mode: 64MB

    *

      Minimum for graphical: 192MB

    *

      Recommended for graphical: 256MB

Well I've made the comparison I was suggesting now...

OK Sparkes, you win! I can't find similar figures for Ubuntu anywhere 
official though I've found a couple of statements of similar minimum 
installs in discussion forums followed by comments that it will run in 
less. Very helpful, NOT.

I was particularly impressed by the text-mode figure. The first VAX I 
worked on supported 50 terminal users in 1MB. Mind, we were 'appy.

Woo