Salix is great!

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salix2501
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Salix is great!

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Salix is great! So far, it is doing what I want. It is simple and of course it is Slackware-based. Google Chrome is working perfect with Flash and I just have what I need. I am very suprised the way Gslapt handles the updates.

I think all it needs is a firewall like Gufw or Firestarter.

Perfect...!

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salix2501 wrote:Salix is great! So far, it is doing what I want. It is simple and of course it is Slackware-based. Google Chrome is working perfect with Flash and I just have what I need. I am very suprised the way Gslapt handles the updates.

I think all it needs is a firewall like Gufw or Firestarter.

Perfect...!

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Re: Salix is great!

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I have noticed that Salix in my laptop is kind of a memory hugger. After start-up, it consumes from 150-185 Mb of RAM and with Google Chrome browser at least 250-285 Mb. Is this normal?

I have used, for instance, Arch and Sidux and right after booting up about 75-85 Mb of RAM and about 150 with Chrome.

Am I doing something wrong???

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salix2501 wrote:I have used, for instance, Arch and Sidux and right after booting up about 75-85 Mb of RAM and about 150 with Chrome.
Never ever... :mrgreen:
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Maybe you are using 64 bit Salix but 32 bit Sidux & Arch... (or you have a really minimalistic environment in S & A ;) )
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I wouldn't call 150-250 much anyway. I guess you just have a more minimal installation with arch. With openbox on top of Salix Core, I'm using like 100MB with XPad, Terminator, Geany, Wicd, xfce4-power-manager, stjerm and probably even some more stuff running. :D
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Arch 64 here.
wmii + chromium = 250mb~
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Don't measure RAM usage with browser because it differs greatly depending on opened tabs. ;)
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I am using xfce ...sidux uses xfce as well...I guess openbox is a lot lighter...

But I am keeping Salix anyway....

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Just wanted to show that even a light system (114MB with X without a browser) can take 250MB with chromium.
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