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Andy-1 04-15-2023 09:38 AM
Archcraft - It only takes 200Mb of memory.
 
Has anyone done a full Archcraft installation rather than VM?
Could you Arch experts confirm that this figure is achievable via free -h or Htop or LXTask? With LXDE or other desktop?
Is there another light Arch with desktop?

Most grateful – cheers

https://linuxtracker.org/index.php?p...af65b4fa4119d0

https://www.debugpoint.com/archcraft...Resource_Usage

teckk 04-15-2023 04:32 PM
Arch itself.
Back out of X

Clear RAM
Code:
sysctl vm.drop_caches=3
startx with fluxbox
open xterm
Code:
free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache  available
Mem:            3821        127        3502          26        191        3469
Swap:              0          0          0
127MB of RAM for X and fluxbox with xterm open.

I'm not up to date.
Code:
uname -r
6.1.11-arch1-1

Andy-1 04-16-2023 10:50 AM
What software installed..?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by teckk (Post 6424839)
Arch itself.... Clear RAM
127MB of RAM for X and fluxbox with xterm open.
Thanks Teckk

I have only used Manjaro and Endeavour
What software, apps or utils are installed..? Ffox, LO. Gimp etc..
Would many apps make any difference...?
Would a proper DE make any difference...?

cheers

teckk 04-16-2023 11:56 AM
Of course, the larger the DE or WM the more RAM it will eat. Software like firefox, chrome, and gimp are memory hogs because of what they do.

There are smaller web browsers and image viewing programs. There are WM's as small or smaller than fluxbox.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_Applications
https://archlinux.org/svn/
https://aur.archlinux.org/
https://github.com/

Andy-1 04-16-2023 02:53 PM
Just a quick post to say thank you so much for a clear concise post.


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