Re:your next box needs swap (Score 1, Insightful)

2 GB for firefox, 5 GB for OpenOffice.org, 1/2 GB for X, 1/2 GB for desktop odds and ends, 1 GB for Evolution or Thunderbird, and 10 MB for old-style stuff running in the background

If you're using "top" to get those numbers, you've probablygot them wrong. They definitely look wrong.