Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:38:26 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: <joeo@cracktown.com>, Andre Oppermann <oppermann@telehouse.ch> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netbsd advances... Message-ID: <v04220814b649ab441670@[195.238.1.121]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.10011281157370.7915-100000@ra.nks.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.04.10011281157370.7915-100000@ra.nks.net>
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At 12:04 PM -0500 2000/11/28, <joeo@cracktown.com> wrote: > Yes, I know FreeBSD had a merged buffer cache for the 1.1.5 release and I > think everything after the 2.2 release. Just nice to see that the end > user perceived performance of netbsd may finally get to the point where I > could stand to use it (especially on older hardware). Excellent. Anybody know if it is now useable on older PCI PowerMac hardware, such as the 7200? I'd much rather use this thing as a *BSD server than to let it sit and gather dust, which is basically what it's doing right now. I could spend money and get a logic board upgrade to something that would let me drop in a G3 or G4 chip, but even then I probably still wouldn't be able to run MacOS X, and for that kind of money I might as well get a brand-new machine anyway. However, if my only real option is still to run LinuxPPC, I think I'll wait a while longer. I don't mind using Linux where it makes sense to do so here at work, but I'm not motivated at all to use it at home. But installing and using *BSD at home is something I could get interested in.... Thanks! -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels http://www.skynet.be || Belgium "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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