[content-discuss] Re: [desktop-discuss] Re: [appliances-discuss] Re: Article idea "Getting Small"?

[Darren J Moffat]

Joel Buckley wrote:
>>> Eric Boutilier wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, but seriously, why minimize a user desktop?
>>>
> 
> The limiting factor on SunRay2 deployment is Memory
> use on per User Desktop.  60 SunRay User Desktops
> managed on a single SunRay Server appears to be typical...
> 
> The top memory consumption programs are:
> 
> - Xorg
> - Mozilla
> - Firefox
> - Thunderbird
> - StarOffice
> - Gnome-Terminal

Assuming only a single revision of each of Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird 
in the default way they are built.  That alone results in 4 copies of 
the NSS/NSPR libraries (one each for the apps plus the one already on 
the system for use by things like libldap).  No sharing!

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Darren J Moffat