From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 5 09:53:02 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 3285C1065687 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:53:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcigar@ulb.ac.be) Received: from mxin.ulb.ac.be (mxin.ulb.ac.be [164.15.128.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C290E8FC23 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:53:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcigar@ulb.ac.be) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AusAAByEOEmkD30E/2dsb2JhbAAIzxGDBQ Received: from bebif01.ulb.ac.be (HELO [10.0.0.194]) ([164.15.125.4]) by smtp.ulb.ac.be with ESMTP; 05 Dec 2008 10:53:00 +0100 From: Julien Cigar To: Wojciech Puchar In-Reply-To: <20081205102311.H58585@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <0016e64ca7d690e38f045d45227d@google.com> <20081205102311.H58585@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:53:28 +0100 Message-Id: <1228470808.2741.14.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , af300wsm@gmail.com Subject: Re: Performance benchmarks pitting FreeBSD against Windows 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, 05 Dec 2008 09:53:02 -0000 What I find mist glaring when one moves from a Linux / FreeBSD system to a Windows system it's the virtual memory management, with the same amount of RAM Windows swaps a *lot* more. Regarding the usability, it's clear that they target different people, as Windows if mainly used by non-IT people .. On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 10:24 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > I'm just curious to see how it looks for my own sanity's sake. At work, > > yes windows is much faster and much easier to use. it was told so many > times on adverts and you still not understand that?! > > there are just strange people there that want to still use unix. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: jcigar@ulb.ac.be @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52