From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 16 19:42:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01DA316A41F for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:42:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: from bsd.ultra-secure.de (bsd.ultra-secure.de [62.146.20.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8365C43D4C for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:42:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: (qmail 87931 invoked by uid 89); 16 Sep 2005 19:42:28 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 87902, pid: 87911, t: 4.0840s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.86.2/m:33/d:1045 spam: 3.0.4 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.100.179?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@213.196.191.65) by bsd.ultra-secure.de with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 16 Sep 2005 19:42:24 -0000 Message-ID: <432B2019.9030007@ultra-secure.de> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:42:17 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kiffin Gish References: <1126898216.1316.4.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1126898216.1316.4.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on bsd.ultra-secure.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=7.5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ideal kernel configuration for Dell Inspiron 8200 ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:42:32 -0000 Kiffin Gish wrote: >Hello everyone. > >I would like to know if there is a good example somewhere of an >optimized kernel configuration for my Dell Inspiron 8200. > >I've got FreeBSD 2.4 running on the GENERIC but want to maximize >usage/resources for my laptop which is also running the Gnome 2.10 >desktop and tools. > >Can anyone help me? > > > I don't think there's a lot to maximize. I've still got a Inspiron 4000 and 512 MB (Celeron 800 or so) that's quite happily running KDE3.x. Of course, the newer Lifebook E8010 is much snappier, the additional 512 MB RAM also do help. If you want more speed, change to XFCE4. Rainer