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Dual core and FreeBSD
I'm waiting for a Lenovo T61 Laptop with a Core 2 Duo T9300 and 2GB RAM to show up and had a couple questions.
1) As of right now, planning on installing 7 i386, but was considering CURRENT. I wanted to see ask opinions on this. I haven't used FreeBSD before (tried in VirtualBox but couldn't get the networking to work, even with trying everything I read online). I have, however, used Linux for about 9 years, so I'm not completely new to using a UNIX-like system, and I know the risks of using a non-release version, but I like having a little more bleeding-edge. Currently, I use Debian testing. I realize that FreeBSD != Linux, which is why I'm asking for input. I'm going with i386 because I've used both 64-bit and 32-bit and haven't really seen much difference except that the 64-bit can be a PITA sometimes when trying to use 32 bit programs. But, again FreeBSD != Linux, so can I get input on that, as well? 2) How does FreeBSD do on dual-cores? Will it effectively use both cores? I greatly appreciate any input and I'm really looking forward to finally using FreeBSD. |
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Though, on the other hand, I have to admit, sometimes it's fun when things break. I actually enjoy trying to figure something out. But, for a computer I plan on using a lot, stability is #1. If I can throw in having a few new things, too, then cool. But, having a stable OS is the most important to me (I'm trying hard not to start ranting about how Ubuntu got--I won't touch them with a 10' poll anymore). How often do they update programs in the ports tree? |
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They are updated continuously as programs are updated and bugs are fixed. For reference, the FreeBSD Gnome port usually follows its Linux release by a few days, so the ports usually are very current.
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>and I know the risks of using a non-release version, but I like having a little more bleeding-edge.
You don't need this kind of bleeding edge, it's sometimes a must with Linux to get the lastest software, which depends on the lastest kernel, running but in $BSD there isn't such an influence. So yes it's nice to have the latest drivers and so on, but you usually want usable drivers too ;-) So in my opinion FreeBSD 7 stable (RELENG_7) is the way to go. There you will get quality to some degree but also the latest MFCed code. >How does FreeBSD do on dual-cores? Will it effectively use both cores? Yes FreeBSD 7 scales rather good while using multiple cores. --> http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scal...%20Preview.pdf <--
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I want to thank you both for your replies. I appreciate it greatly. That link had some good info. Thank you for that. Another question that I just thought of. I've gotten spoiled the last couple years with the whole automounting of external hard drives and flash drives. I did a quick search on here and on Google and all I could find was about how to make GNOME or KDE do it. I use Xfce (I like keeping my system lightweight and I just like it, too). Is there a way to do the automount in Xfce? If I have KDE installed and have it configured for automounting, will that make it work in Xfce, as well? If not, no big deal. I'm in no way scared of command line. In fact, I always have at least one terminal window open at all times (actually, I've started using Yakuake...great app, I think), and I've got no problem using mount/umount when I need to. After all, I did it for years. Actually, that reminds me how surprised I was the first time I didn't have to mount something myself.
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For automounting you'll want to check out HAL, I use Openbox w Thunar and automount works fine once you get HAL installed and configured.
As for how often is the port tree updated. It's updated daily Which ports and how fast they are updated depend on the maintainer of the port itself. You can check out http://www.freshports.org/ and even get notification of what ports are updated daily.
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>>so the ports usually are very current.
> They are indeed most of the time bleeding edge. I count that as a bug, and not a feature, actually. But we've been round that before. |
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I just want to thank everyone for the replies. Seems like everything I was looking for is there. I appreciate all of ya'lls help. Thank you very much. Again, I'm really looking forward to getting FreeBSD up and running.
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I've run Gentoo unstable, Debian Etch, FreeBSD stable, and now run Debian Sid. I love FreeBSD and Debian, but lack of KDE 4 keeps me from migrating one of my boxes to FreeBSD. Anyway, I agree with one of the posters who mentioned that you use Debian Sid for the latest application releases rather than latest base. Often times, the base should be stable rather than bleeding edge. The apps on the other hand can be the latest and greatest. Ports is generally very up to date and stays that way, so I'd stick with FreeBSD stable.
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