Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:18:50 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Benjamin Cance <the_plague@bloodborn.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: desktop dominance Message-ID: <20080326211850.GA86532@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <47E9B4BF.1070700@bloodborn.net> References: <47E9B4BF.1070700@bloodborn.net>
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:28:15PM -0400, Benjamin Cance wrote: > > I have had Linux for a long time. I have a different desktop coming that > I am eager to play with FreeBSD on. It is a dual processored Intel Xeon > @ 3.2ghz (64-bit). How are HP workstations with FreeBSD? Check that it is advertised to work with unix/linux and not just Vista. I bought a cheap workstation from HP with a crappy BIOS. The result is that I can only boot it with ACPI disabled and hence am only able to run 1 core of it's AMD dual core 3800+ under FreeBSD. It's running 6.3-RELEASE, so if I upgraded it to 7.0 I might have better luck. Not a total disaster: I use it as a low power mail and webserver and I subsequently built my own workstation but nothing as high-end as you're looking at. I believe, a lot of people on this list run FreeBSD on the HP 1u/2u servers with good results though. -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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