From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 13:16:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 630FD106566C for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:16:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aline@riseup.net) Received: from mx1.riseup.net (mx1.riseup.net [204.13.164.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39F198FC15 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:16:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aline@riseup.net) Received: from petrel.riseup.net (petrel-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "petrel.riseup.net", Issuer "ipsCA CLASEA1 Certification Authority" (not verified)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7540D57242A for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:16:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: aline@petrel.riseup.net) with ESMTP id DD3CF1359C From: Aline de Freitas To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:16:36 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200803050036.33579.itz@mushinsky.net> In-Reply-To: <200803050036.33579.itz@mushinsky.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4335001.INF35jzSLf"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200803051016.39822.aline@riseup.net> Subject: Re: amd64 or i386 for desktop use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:16:47 -0000 --nextPart4335001.INF35jzSLf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Em Wednesday 05 March 2008 02:36:33 Isaac Mushinsky escreveu: > I have new hardware (Abit ip35-pro, Intel Q6600), and was contemplating > installing FreeBSD/arch, but now realise that I am going to have some > problems. > > My nvidia card will not be of much use (GeForce 8500GT), since > nvidia-drivers are not there for amd64, and the open source nv driver does > not even support XVideo extension for these cards. I can downgrade to a nv > 7xxx series card, which works better with the open driver. I do not mind > loss of 3D support, but would need basic things like mplayer. > > So my questions are: > 1. Should I get nvidia 7xxx or an ATI card? Which card is most likely to > work reasonably well? No fancy features required, but may be appreciated > later.=20 I prefer ATI ones, like r300, in which works out-of-the-box with the=20 opensource xf86-video-ati.=20 > 2. Any problems with flash plugin (flash7 for now, I do not mean the=20 > confounded flash9 headache)? flash7 through nspluginwrapper works fine with firefox compiled by ports. flash9 is working through windows firefox (via wine). > 3. Other casual desktop user problems I should be aware of? > 4. Is it worth it? Perhaps I should stay with i386, but it is a pity not = to > be able to use the new machine to its full potential. With amd64 you'll not get wine, VESA, boot splash screen and maybe more stu= ff.=20 Even googleearth I couldn't make it work in amd64. So I think it's not a go= od=20 idea to use amd64 as a desktop.=20 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =2D-=20 Aline de Freitas - Chave p=FAblica: ID DE632016 / keys.indymedia.org gpg --keyserver keys.indymedia.org --recv-keys DE632016 --nextPart4335001.INF35jzSLf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkfOnTcACgkQhLRvs95jIBbuDACfQJbvjAuBQC1h0rD8WJvBBkW9 zRgAn2y27AeLZqBGIT22rCRiGd/N4tWP =WWDE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4335001.INF35jzSLf--