From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 19:20:11 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 9F6C01065672 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:20:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98288FC17 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:20:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mAIJJtwm085662; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:19:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id mAIJJtGL085659; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:19:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:19:55 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Chad Perrin In-Reply-To: <20081118191338.GB4787@kokopelli.hydra> Message-ID: <20081118201748.G85658@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <7f8a05a80811171609h2f5742cfo2ae003415a99e45f@mail.gmail.com> <20081118121634.S84157@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081118191338.GB4787@kokopelli.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and hardware?? 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: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:20:11 -0000 >> versus linux - of course, versus windows - it's different OS, we should >> define how do you compare. for example running windows apps under FreeBSD >> with wine will probably be slower than under windows. > > This is not as constant a truism as one might think. I haven't run much > software in Wine, but what I have has performed comparably with how it > did on MS Windows, for the most part. The one case where I could even very possible. i'm even sure it could work better when good filesystem I/O and VM performance is required. but it may work slower in many cases. i used wine to run demoscene prods - usually it works slower than in windows. >> compatible OS, running windows programs, windows installers, but being >> much better and faster. > > Why the hell would I want "windows installers"? The Microsoft model of to be able to just put say - M$ Office or Corel Draw or whatever CD , click install and get installed