Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:19:55 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and hardware?? Message-ID: <20081118201748.G85658@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20081118191338.GB4787@kokopelli.hydra> References: <7f8a05a80811171609h2f5742cfo2ae003415a99e45f@mail.gmail.com> <20081118121634.S84157@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081118191338.GB4787@kokopelli.hydra>
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>> versus linux - of course, versus windows - it's different OS, we should >> define how do you compare. for example running windows apps under FreeBSD >> with wine will probably be slower than under windows. > > This is not as constant a truism as one might think. I haven't run much > software in Wine, but what I have has performed comparably with how it > did on MS Windows, for the most part. The one case where I could even very possible. i'm even sure it could work better when good filesystem I/O and VM performance is required. but it may work slower in many cases. i used wine to run demoscene prods - usually it works slower than in windows. >> compatible OS, running windows programs, windows installers, but being >> much better and faster. > > Why the hell would I want "windows installers"? The Microsoft model of to be able to just put say - M$ Office or Corel Draw or whatever CD , click install and get installed
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