Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:49:34 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: shildreth@allantgroup.com Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What type of hardware are you using? Message-ID: <op.s2788whk9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <1137003408.11930.78.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> References: <1136994833.11930.62.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> <op.s276jvnu9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <1137003408.11930.78.camel@scotth.emsphone.com>
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:16:48 -0600, Scott T. Hildreth <shildreth@allantgroup.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 11:51 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:53:53 -0600, Scott T. Hildreth >> <shildreth@allantgroup.com> wrote: >> >> > At home, my machine is a 1 GHZ, with 768 mb of memory. I use xfce4, >> > evolution, firefox, gnome-office, ...etc. It seems that with every >> > upgrade, the 1GHZ cpu is not enough power anymore. I use evolution >> > at work, but I am trying Thunderbird at home now. The new evolution >> > is too slow on my home server. Thunderbird is better (less cpu >> > intensive), but not snappy by any means. Plus I miss some of the >> > features of Evolution, but this is straying from my question. Has >> > anyone else noticed this issue or is everyone else running on faster >> > processors? >> >> What's version of FreeBSD are you using? There are several ways to make >> your FreeBSD desktop feel faster/smoother by using FreeBSD 6.x > > I just upgraded to 6.0. > >> or 7.x with >> ULE, using either libpthread/libthr, using ccache, tweak kern.ipc.shmmax >> and kern.ipc.shmall (see below), disable debug in kernel > > I'm pretty sure I commented out the kernel debugging. > >> and malloc.conf, >> follow tuning(7) and others that I have forgotten. >> > > I will check out the tuning manpage. > > >> /etc/sysctl.conf: >> ===================== >> kern.ipc.shmmax=67108864 >> kern.ipc.shmall=32768 >> ===================== >> >> The Mozilla products and OpenOffice.org are always known to be slow on >> low-end machine and use a lot of ram. > > I was going to upgrade the ram, but I haven't seen the swap being > heavily used or filled. It seems to be more in the CPU. > >> I never have use or follow up with >> Evolution, so can't really make any comment on it. GNOME team are >> working >> very hard to make GNOME 2.13/2.14 go faster and use less memory, which >> is >> what part I am looking forward for. However, try to replace from >> heavy-weight apps to light-weight apps. Like I am using Opera >> (linux-opera) instead Firefox/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Evolution, TextMaker >> (shareware) instead OpenOffice/AbiWord and etc. >> > > I really haven't noticed too much slowness with Firefox. I use Opera everyday, so when I try to use Firefox or other Mozilla products. It's very noticeable. :-) Maybe the story would be different if I use Firefox everyday and never touch Opera. >> Isn't it kind of shame that Linux/BSD/UNIX desktop need faster machine >> and >> more ram than Win98/Win2k/WinXP in these day? :-/ Before anyone make any >> comment on use Fluxbox, Xfce or so, look at the features what >> Win98/Win2k/WinXP can do compare to these light-weight WM. >> >> Anyway, as for hardware, I have: >> >> AthlonXP 3200+ Barton >> 512mb RAM >> GeForce4 Ti4200 dualhead 128mb (AGP8X) >> 160gb HDD (8 cache) >> > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1644629&Sku=MBM-P4M800-340 > > I was thinking of buying this board and processor, but I read a review > that stated > the Celeron D 's still run pretty hot. I like Pentium-M/Core Duo (I think, it's lesser hot than most Intel CPUs) or AMD (any CPUs), but that's up to you. You can check in hardware.html[1] and try to ask in freebsd-hardware@ to see if someone can help you too. [1] http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware.html >> 100% apps in here have been compiled with debug and I don't notice any >> slowdown or whatever even in video and game too. Running in GNOME >> 2.12.x. > > I get temporary X freezes, > > (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: (DEBUG) CCE idle took i = 1025 > (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... > > ...I saw someone else was having this problem, I hope it is fixed > with the new Xorg release. Maybe you can try a few suggested in http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4337 .. It might be better if you report to freebsd-x11@ and see if they can help you. Cheers, Mezz >> Cheers, >> Mezz >> >> > Thanks, >> > STH -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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