Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:08:28 -0800 (PST) From: Tyler McGeorge <millioncheese@yahoo.com> To: kstewart@urx.com, Eric De La Cruz Lugo <eric@iteso.mx> Cc: treznor@sunflower.com, millioncheese@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RIVA TNT2 AGP 16 MB Video Card quiestion an X-Server question. Message-ID: <20010302230828.49698.qmail@web12502.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3AA01BFF.34C96CB1@urx.com>
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Well, currently, my FBSD machine doesn't run X. This is because it has no working serial ports. And when I upgrade it to a motherboard that could support a mouse, I will also be making a Slackware Linux machine for my personal *nix usage. On a more important note, my FBSD server is about to be transfered into a server cube. Happy days. --- Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> wrote: > > > Eric De La Cruz Lugo wrote: > > > > Thanks to all of you for your responses I really > apreciate it.! > > > > The reason I want this kind of board is because > its cheap for me, and > > because I want good 2D and 3D capabilities on my > FreeBSD BOX > > Yes there is a prejuidce about using FreeBSD as a > user machine because > > everybody use it as a Server OS all the time, in > my case I have used FreeBSD > > for several Years (back to 1992) and since 1994 I > have used, Slackware, > > SuSE, Red-Hat, Debian, but I still like more > FreeBSD :). > > I am biased the same way. I tried Linux first almost > exactly 2 years > ago. Then, a friend from where I used to work > brought over his 4-cd > set of FreeBSD 2.2.8. I was comfortable out of the > box with it. When > 3.1 came out, I ordered the subscription from Walnut > Creek. I could do > all of the things using FreeBSD that I had gotten > used to since I was > introduced to unix on a Cray X/MP in 1988. The > central code repository > for the system was what I had gotten used to and > really didn't believe > in getting something here and something there and > calling it a system. > There was almost 40 years of programming code > control built into that > bias and you don't change them over night. I also > really liked the > port system. > > The systems I use have various levels of video cards > and you can tell > the difference in speed when you are scrolling in > x-windows. The TNT2 > with 32MB seems to be just fine. I have a 4MB card > in one system and > it blinks during the scroll. I jumped around 16MB > and don't have any > idea about the speeds on that card. > > > > > I want to use Xephem (Astronomical Software, with > Hi Res images (stars, > > planets, nebulae etc...) and simulations in 3D > > I Want to use The GIMP (Graphic Image Manipulation > Program) > > I want to use, Galeon or Netscape > > And maybe 1 or 2 3D games like Quake. MPEG or AVI > video > > Star Office and maybe Applixware > > KDE 2 apps. > > I just got kde-2.1 installed. I'm going to have to > look at Xephem. I > haven't found a game I was interested in that ran on > the Unix side. > With 30 GB ATA-100 drives being so cheap and needing > more than one for > fast buildworlds, adding an OS like Windows ME > didn't hurt. When XP > comes out, it will have connections to Windows 2000 > and I will be able > to get rid of one of my multi-boots. The > bank-on-line software only > ran in the Win 9x environment. I ran the games in > W2K. > > There is a lot of 3-d mapping software out there > that is open source. > The 3-d with shading can produce an awesome looking > local 3-d map. The > mapping software installs on FreeBSD just fine but > was probably > developed on Linux. I may like FreeBSD much better > but if Linux wasn't > there, I wouldn't have the software I like to use. > > > > > hope this info put things into perspective, > besides, this phrase: "Turning > > PCs into Workstations!" itīs from FreeBSD doesnīt > it? > > > > But for the server side (for those who still see > FreeBSD as a Server OS), I > > want to run a Webserver, FTP server and a Proxy > and Firewall for my > > internal Network (4 PCs) all this with a cable > connection.. > > My system with Apache on it doesn't have x-windows > installed. That > keeps it clean, and fast :). The concept of running > x on a web server > reminds me of my objection of using Windows 2000 for > the same purpose > :). > > Regards, > > Kent > > > > > greetings for all of you, from Merida, Yucatan, > Mexico, The Maya Land. > > > > Eric. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tyler McGeorge <millioncheese@yahoo.com> > > To: <kstewart@urx.com>; Eric De La Cruz Lugo > <eric@iteso.mx> > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:28 PM > > Subject: Re: RIVA TNT2 AGP 16 MB Video Card > quiestion an X-Server question. > > > > > This may seem like a strange question, and it is > > > relatively off topic...But I run a 4MB 2d only > video > > > card in my FreeBSD machine, and even if I ran X, > I > > > wouldn't need more. I maybe losing your context > with > > > my prejudice that FreeBSD is, in general, used > as a > > > server machine and not a user machine... If you > were > > > to want a user machine, I would suggest > Slackware > > > Linux over FreeBSD. > > > --- Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eric De La Cruz Lugo wrote: > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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