Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 13:01:24 +0000 From: Simon Connah <simon.n.connah@protonmail.com> To: Lexi Winter <lexi@le-fay.org> Cc: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote development with neovim, tmux and SSH from macOS? Message-ID: <rZcQKegxd7zpHH_cn215FxbmIw72hFOOtthZ2jOuQk1qad7LOWE2Xm6tg1g0KHBJXwTd-8rMQut-J-7ct1tG1FD2A5deq6GRjZSlfG_S5MA=@protonmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Zd_YyfrpesnsLFQ4@ilythia.eden.le-fay.org> References: <20240228223745.DACE0841EA7D@ary.qy> <870AB939-4B51-42B6-9D41-57BF2010500B@sermon-archive.info> <Zd_YyfrpesnsLFQ4@ilythia.eden.le-fay.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --------89af70ad9c29dd6f409d766652e27608a197f82fa4f610362dab3bf93a8280eb Content-Type: multipart/mixed;boundary=---------------------8cb0a79a066e9fb22b356406aed1cd55 -----------------------8cb0a79a066e9fb22b356406aed1cd55 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 On Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 01:07, Lexi Winter <lexi@le-fay.org> wrot= e: > = > = > Doug Hardie: > = > > [...] I have run FreeBSD 13 on a M1 Mini for awhile to test it out. I > > have recently been using Raspberry Pi 4s as they are cheaper, smaller, > > and use less power. They are a bit slower for disk access, but > > otherwise just as powerful. > = > = > i have to say, having used both an M1 Mac Mini and a few RPis for > several months now, this doesn't match my experience at all. the RPi4 > is certainly pretty decent, especially for what it costs, but the CPU > performance of even the base M1 Mac Mini is so far ahead of the RPi4's > that there's really no comparison. > = > i've done plenty of desktop development work on an M1 Mac (mostly C++ > and C# projects) and while the performance of the base model isn't > amazing, it's perfectly usable. on the RPi, on the other hand, i find > the CPU is too slow to even compile ports usefully[0]. > = > i only mention this because i wouldn't want someone to disregard the > idea of using an M1 (or later) Mac for FreeBSD simply because they found > the RPi too slow--they really have very little in common other than > using the same ISA. > = > regards, lexi. > = > [0] yes, i did enable powerd. I'm planning on upgrading my M1 Max Mac Studio and get an M3 Ultra Mac Stu= dio instead. That should have a massive on speed. Also I'd love some RPi 5's but I really have any space of them. That is wh= y I like the Mac Studio because it is nice and small. Simon. -----------------------8cb0a79a066e9fb22b356406aed1cd55-- --------89af70ad9c29dd6f409d766652e27608a197f82fa4f610362dab3bf93a8280eb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: ProtonMail wnUEARYKACcFgmXggAkJkFrvKC74ta6lFiEEXOYF9uqFRn4815bYWu8oLvi1 rqUAAElIAQCE+ERFjwh6AOM9CAJ6RYAfwFWK0jCqJuOOU2vRBnWK7AEA0iqW FKKS8Y1J8Ua6iQOwZN+1xSZwZfO1XHas/83h/wA= =41+P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------89af70ad9c29dd6f409d766652e27608a197f82fa4f610362dab3bf93a8280eb--
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