From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 06:30:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33998106566B for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:30:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hsu@wlansystems.com) Received: from mail.bbnetworks.net (mail.bbnetworks.net [212.16.96.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA448FC13 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:30:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hsu@wlansystems.com) Received: from [212.16.96.72] (dyn72.olari.suonsivu.net [212.16.96.72]) by mail.bbnetworks.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m5C6Us9X019000; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:30:54 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from hsu@wlansystems.com) Message-ID: <4850C29A.7030604@wlansystems.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:30:50 +0300 From: Heikki Suonsivu Organization: Wireless LAN Systems Ltd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Heikki Suonsivu , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <484FA0BF.9000402@wlansystems.com> <484FB168.1070900@otenet.gr> <484FDBF9.7010700@wlansystems.com> <20080611151334.GC1538@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <485019B9.7060502@wlansystems.com> <20080611195604.GA2881@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080611195604.GA2881@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (mail.bbnetworks.net [212.16.96.5]); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:30:54 +0300 (EEST) Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD-like linux distro? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:30:58 -0000 Frank Shute wrote: > I didn't think you'd be having the odd game of Quake on one of your > boxes. But think of it as an added feature! :) Oh, doom does not require fp, its integer only and on 100MHz Pentium it was very smooth! I did couple of hour-long doom sessions on one of our FreeBSD routers while waiting for a bug to regenerate itself in one of our pops some time around 1996 :) > I was referring to the 100MHz 486 you looked at. > > I'd still get an fpu so you can install a largely unpatched OS of your > choice even if the fpu is redundant beyond installing the OS. > > I guess you looked at the Soekris stuff and discounted it. Shame, > because a lot of folks find them useful with *BSD. The last I checked Soekris boards were using more power. We use similar boards from pcengines.ch for wireless routers. This application I am working on needs a computer with VGA and sound interfaces. >>>> Heikki > > Regards, >