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Old 31st August 2010
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Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker View Post
FreeBSD has ahci. Not sure about NCQ, but most desktop drives don't support it anyway.

I've used both as a desktop a fair amount, and both have their merits. In the end I prefer FreeBSD slightly because it runs Opera*. Otherwise I would probably go with OpenBSD.

I could write a long story about the merits of both, but trying each for a few months will be the only way for you to decide what you prefer.

* I know OpenBSD can run Opera in Linux compatibility mode, but SMP has to be off and it's not really as stable/fast as I would like. And yes, I tried firefox for months, it's shit.

Sure? I have a lot of "desktop-drives", each one is capable of NCQ. Most of the time the FBSD driver is just PITA, has its caveats.
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