Is there any problem running 3 or more compiles at a time - KDE3 Build

[Bob Raymond]

James McDonald wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Just wondering, I have a 1.3GHz CPU and 760 MB DDR RAM question is
>	Is there any problem with running make on three or four different KDE3 
>packages at a time if you have resources to do so or will they stomp on each 
>other?
>
>$ free
>             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
>Mem:        739532     666524      73008          0     109212     280220
>-/+ buffers/cache:     277092     462440
>Swap:      1437808      56948    1380860
>
>  
>
You should be fine.  I've compiled as many as 10 on a 433mhz Celeron, 
128MB PC100 SDRAM (KDE ran slow,
and so did the compiles.  I had 256mb SWAP).  I routinely do KDE 
compiles like that on my 1.4ghz Athlon, 512
MB PC133 SDRAM.