Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:14:45 -0700 From: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fbsd-amd64 desktop Message-ID: <20060127101445.535dcaa8.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <20060127162721.GB27084@aoi.wolfpond.org> References: <20060127020350.02abf989.kgunders@teamcool.net> <20060127162721.GB27084@aoi.wolfpond.org>
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On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:27:21 +0100 Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 02:03:50AM -0700, Ken Gunderson wrote: > > > > I've only run fbsd-amd64 on servers. My favorite server ports all > > work great but not sure about status of desktop related stuff. For > > example, I know OpenOffice has issues. Any other gotchas I should know > > about? > > This will depend on your application mix. > > I have been running a 64-bit desktop for about two years without too > much trouble apart from some Windowmaker bugs. > > For OpenOffice, there is no native version and the FreeBSD/i386 package > doesn't run. The Linux/i386 version works like a charm, howewer. > > > Also that there were some thread a while back that i386 was better > > performer if you don't need the extra ram capability. But that was > > also in reference to 5.x. > > I believe it was mainly due to assembly optimized routines in the i386 > version versus straight C for amd64. > FreeBSD/amd64 should become relatively faster as these are rewritten in > assembly again. > > > What would y'all recommend for a desktop machine? > > Why don't you try both ? You can partition the machine with a big home > directory shared between two different FreeBSD installations... Good idea;-) But mainly because I don't have much spare time at the moment...;-( Need things to "just work". So that's why I inquired. Thanks to all for their comments. -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?
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