Custom Kernel How Much RAM?

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1 total messages Started by Rule of Life Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:57

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Author: Rule of Life
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:57

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Hi Linux Gurus and consultants,my question is,

I have a P4 2ghz 32bit with 128 mb of ram.

I have installed Debian Squeeze for x86

The machine is barly usable in GUI modes with even xface running it is
usless,

Now I dont need a GUI as I have configured the box to use some Linux/
Unix greats apline for mail and rtorrent for downloading,but would
like to use a gui.

Will creating a custom kernel free up RAM for the GUI's or dont i have
enough?
how small can a custom kernel be?
I remember when i did LFS that the first kernel i made was enough to
crash everyone of my computers in memory at boot time,Is kernel RAM
freed once the machine is running or dose it remain in memory ?

Will a custom kernel solve my problem,?surely 128 mb is enough ram to
do something ,im sure NT workstation would love this 2 ghz processor !

Thanks for advise

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