Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 06:40:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306260624350.73158@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDdr%2B-Nqugio3A%2BH71k0ALsxx4=ssg%2B%2BvvUKeAUaPkrDNQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <51CA203B.4090709@gmail.com> <20130625224154.6ab8c1c6@europa> <CAO%2BPfDdr%2B-Nqugio3A%2BH71k0ALsxx4=ssg%2B%2BvvUKeAUaPkrDNQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 26 Jun 2013, David Demelier wrote: > 2013/6/26 Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com>: >> On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:56:59 +1000 >> julius <juliuscmontes999@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Which BSD for a user desktop ??!. >>> I all ready have Linux mint but I like to try again, in the past I have >>> use it but no luck in dual booting system with windows and I have try to >>> follow youtube BSD users that gave instructions on the BSD and no luck. >>> Everybody that I watch in youtube for instruction it hasn't work even >>> loading the BSD on is own hasn't work.So which BSD for a user desktop??! >>> Thank you >> >> PC-BSD is a good place to start; it makes installation easy. >> >> I prefer running Windows in a VM under VirtualBox to dual-booting. Switching >> between the two is much faster, and you can make the host file system visible >> to the guest with Samba. > > The only drawback of this is performance. Or you have a very powerful > machine :-) The VM guests run pretty quick, at least if the host CPU has VT-x or AMD-V. Check the BIOS, Intel VT-x is sometimes disabled there. I have not benchmarked but would estimate it to be 80-90% equivalent CPU speed, maybe a bit less for disk I/O depending on the virtual disk type. Windows in a VM also has the benefit of being able to move the VM to a different host without having to reinstall the operating system in the VM. But overall, the best feature is that the VM host and guest run at the same time.
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