From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 6 20:38:10 2010 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 93C4D106566B for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 20:38:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy1-pub.bluehost.com [69.89.21.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A6E18FC12 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 20:38:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 8601 invoked by uid 0); 6 Nov 2010 20:38:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 6 Nov 2010 20:38:10 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=PsV6cgmZ/A0X34WeI5Jyr3dMiK6iCh0dEPO9SnxRkEHJFXaWcEzwrU44L/eolqEb/aKANv/s45sv9d97EkoJoMUvPaetFnzK+065hbdYypnM3PW2UJnHIt1xvAsN/UfB; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PEpWa-0000ZA-Vr for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:38:10 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:32:13 -0600 Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 14:32:13 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101106203213.GC13095@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20101106190934.GB67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101106200239.00004b64@unknown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UFHRwCdBEJvubb2X" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101106200239.00004b64@unknown> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? 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: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:38:10 -0000 --UFHRwCdBEJvubb2X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 08:02:39PM +0000, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 12:09:34 -0700 > Chip Camden wrote: >=20 > > Yes, I would recommend that configuration also, because FreeBSD is > > much more lightweight of the two, so you don't impose the overhead of > > running Windows when all you need is FreeBSD. >=20 > I'm not sure that's true, actually. FreeBSD by itself may be a lot more > lightweight than Windows but once you add in Xorg and KDE I think it > needs about the same, if not more, memory. People will argue that you > don't have to run KDE or GNOME but as can be seen from the success of > Ubuntu people like complete desktop environments. Well, there's your problem -- you're using Windows Lite (KDE). Anyway, it appears to be fairly reliably reported that KDE and (especially now) GNOME still run lighter than the whole MS Windows GUI, even if they're much heavier than other options. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --UFHRwCdBEJvubb2X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkzVu00ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVl6gCfT1itIhhthCihH5ipQcSFe1FL VEoAoLG9Puuiz+IuQ83CJra2E4KJGIU8 =CVcy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UFHRwCdBEJvubb2X--