From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 24 19:00:46 2009 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 C5EB9106568C for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:00:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B3D8FC12 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:00:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so1213144bwz.43 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:00:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=/Jsw95VAwSpv5QAKw+mmHnVnqR6ewxs9ogUB7+AfKws=; b=SlJtG4eO+drxdm8iTP1cZgjvkNH7sfjK7ohQdSAv3R0axAELHcFF0Z+ub3wF/i5xOa nsfc4APUvkMClv/F6ArPQ8OVlqdlKhnPN4w38unzuzEbcCXQ9v2Z/n4noynjMUDvTwFm FKKtGkCKprAJyVMPtJIR9YDG58YF5Rp8Z5zV4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=KKgwy/HqMsguxBxcTgNjNeoESgi/PZCopU8e9s3jpTGbJzta2PJErB2LbxiwMYnisk AtHJ5S9HjNQD90BTzFAi5tr3exl7p6HveRptniFc/IjidserVsxqn3sR1Dq0F/G5iAZE ncRFohReZk8HRMTNb03vHGoDCkzmy0/7YRwmI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.126.66 with SMTP id b2mr950262fas.67.1240599645004; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:00:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49F1EB48.5050603@gmail.com> References: <5AEAF40D-2118-4F42-BE39-0D01123B4B50@windstream.net> <49F1EB48.5050603@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:00:44 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: ricardo.m.jesus@criticalsoftware.com, "Michael Jr." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd vs. pc-bsd 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: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:00:47 -0000 On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Ricardo Jesus wrote: > Michael Jr. wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I was just wondering what are the major differences between freebsd and >> pc-bsd and is it harder or just as easy to setup freebsd as a desktop >> compared to pc-bsd? Will freebsd work with sager laptops, and will freebsd >> recognize 4 gigs of ddr3 memory and if it does not regularly, how can I get >> freebsd to recognize 4 gigs of ddr3 memory? Will freebsd be able to >> recognize the latest technologies, like >> intel core 2 duo and the new Nvidia GTX260m, and hard drives at any speed >> like 7200 rpm? I don't know any kind of code so is there any books or any >> kind of resources that you recommend I look at? >> Sorry I have so many questions but I just ordered a new sager laptop and I >> do not really want to have to use windows vista if I don't have to, and I >> think it would be fun to learn how to use freebsd. >> >> >> Thank you, >> Michael Haid >> > If you want a desktop with KDE, flash, JRE and printing with HP printers, PC-BSD is a great choice. Many of my preferred applications are non-KDE apps, so it's less of a great choice for me. Both PC-BSD and FreeBSD work well on my Dell Inspiron 8100 (circa 2000); so you know they don't hog a lot of resources. I don't know about sager laptops. I don't think any 32bit operating systems recognize 4GB of RAM. For 4GB of RAM, you would be better with the 64bit version of FreeBSD. (I could be wrong.) Try a live CD in your laptop to determine whether the hardware is properly recognized. I hope this helps, Andrew