Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:55:16 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speed/responsiveness of FreeBSD and X Message-ID: <20000815165516.E39188@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <399966DC.64D45106@mitre.org>; from jandrese@mitre.org on Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 11:50:53AM -0400 References: <20000815163951.B39188@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <399966DC.64D45106@mitre.org>
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Ah, that all makes sense. Thanks ! On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 11:50:53AM -0400, Andresen,Jason R. wrote: | j mckitrick wrote: | > | > I recently read from someone who got the impression that X under FreeBSD | > seemed slower/less responsive than Linux. This wasn't an attempt to slam | > BSD, and i don't know config details, but is this likely? Or could there | > just be a *perceived* slowness for some reason? | | Well, some 3D cards (in 3D modes) are better supported under Linux (with | binary drivers for instance). For the most part though, Linux and | FreeBSD use the same X server code (XFree86) which performs quite | similarly under FreeBSD and Linux. | | Linux also has a console framebuffer driver that is used for some | applications that is much much faster than X, but it only works with a | few applications (mostly games) that are specifically written for it. | It used to be the case that applications using the framebuffer had to be | suid root, but I think this has changed (at least I hope so!). | | -- | _ _ _ ___ ____ ___ ______________________________________ | / \/ \ | ||_ _|| _ \|___| | Jason Andresen -- jandrese@mitre.org | / /\/\ \ | | | | | |/ /|_|_ | Views expressed may not reflect those | /_/ \_\|_| |_| |_|\_\|___| | of the Mitre Corporation. jm -- o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o | ~~~~~~~~~~~ jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org ~~~~~~~~~~~ | | "I prefer the term 'Artificial Person' myself." | o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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