Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 15:54:46 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? Message-ID: <20101106225446.GC67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20101106203213.GC13095@guilt.hydra> References: <fbc04000-7b6e-492f-ad75-eda9abe2db42@r4g2000prj.googlegroups.com> <AANLkTi=WvFCUqd9P_CPRzL6A7f06eAuEb-sj6kEjVWuv@mail.gmail.com> <20101106190934.GB67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101106200239.00004b64@unknown> <20101106203213.GC13095@guilt.hydra>
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--ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Saturday, 06 November 2010: > On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 08:02:39PM +0000, Bruce Cran wrote: > > On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 12:09:34 -0700 > > Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> wrote: > >=20 > > > Yes, I would recommend that configuration also, because FreeBSD is > > > much more lightweight of the two, so you don't impose the overhead of > > > running Windows when all you need is FreeBSD. > >=20 > > I'm not sure that's true, actually. FreeBSD by itself may be a lot more > > lightweight than Windows but once you add in Xorg and KDE I think it > > needs about the same, if not more, memory. People will argue that you > > don't have to run KDE or GNOME but as can be seen from the success of > > Ubuntu people like complete desktop environments. >=20 > Well, there's your problem -- you're using Windows Lite (KDE). >=20 > Anyway, it appears to be fairly reliably reported that KDE and > (especially now) GNOME still run lighter than the whole MS Windows GUI, > even if they're much heavier than other options. >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] I'm using FBSD xith Xorg sans KDE or GNOME quite productively. And with everything running that I normally need, I use less than 1GB out of the 4GB available -- less than 300MB on boot. Windows 7 wants the a whole GB just to start up, or it's painfully slow. Actually, it's painfully slow anyway -- and furthermore it imposes that pain on guest OSes as well. What does KDE or GNOME buy you anyway? Besides overhead. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM1dy2AAoJEIpckszW26+RgpoH/iSb+Kv1LZv7B0+Hmrpk3Jis w1AwpSfTsVic5jTrkHbGudOc/hasL9FuiLPCX+55347KepVyoGpa4NCpF26p4Zgx kaEVs77SrAG+fmXl78U/c5CS2I8uOO8WMovZXk2CGVBnl0RojOHWmHi5r7ck9pLW Fs3e+o6qaqEIOjakBemULX5QTFznM1T/jF+exRImF54b5KO5LKE+pVSxilpGvsnf /VT7rsb0NGHrqbWmGntyUzFCuU9GHymcfMv8P4yFSEG40ewvEZeurpw15UoBkWGT QyB+K3Oe5ZvTqjz4bVcuUPJDZI2g9ijuNTmJNveVUgiXbSi1yzF5dAESV9OBE2g= =+x9r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW--
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