From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 6 22:54:53 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 E30DF1065759 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 22:54:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4E3C8FC14 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 22:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-101-204.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.101.204] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PErVu-0003H8-9v for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:45:35 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:54:46 -0700 Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 15:54:46 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101106225446.GC67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20101106190934.GB67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101106200239.00004b64@unknown> <20101106203213.GC13095@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101106203213.GC13095@guilt.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com 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 22:54:53 -0000 --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Saturday, 06 November 2010: > 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. >=20 > Well, there's your problem -- you're using Windows Lite (KDE). >=20 > 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 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] I'm using FBSD xith Xorg sans KDE or GNOME quite productively. And with everything running that I normally need, I use less than 1GB out of the 4GB available -- less than 300MB on boot. Windows 7 wants the a whole GB just to start up, or it's painfully slow. Actually, it's painfully slow anyway -- and furthermore it imposes that pain on guest OSes as well. What does KDE or GNOME buy you anyway? Besides overhead. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM1dy2AAoJEIpckszW26+RgpoH/iSb+Kv1LZv7B0+Hmrpk3Jis w1AwpSfTsVic5jTrkHbGudOc/hasL9FuiLPCX+55347KepVyoGpa4NCpF26p4Zgx kaEVs77SrAG+fmXl78U/c5CS2I8uOO8WMovZXk2CGVBnl0RojOHWmHi5r7ck9pLW Fs3e+o6qaqEIOjakBemULX5QTFznM1T/jF+exRImF54b5KO5LKE+pVSxilpGvsnf /VT7rsb0NGHrqbWmGntyUzFCuU9GHymcfMv8P4yFSEG40ewvEZeurpw15UoBkWGT QyB+K3Oe5ZvTqjz4bVcuUPJDZI2g9ijuNTmJNveVUgiXbSi1yzF5dAESV9OBE2g= =+x9r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW--