Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:30:50 +0300 From: Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@wlansystems.com> To: Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@wlansystems.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-like linux distro? Message-ID: <4850C29A.7030604@wlansystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20080611195604.GA2881@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <484FA0BF.9000402@wlansystems.com> <484FB168.1070900@otenet.gr> <484FDBF9.7010700@wlansystems.com> <20080611151334.GC1538@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <485019B9.7060502@wlansystems.com> <20080611195604.GA2881@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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Frank Shute wrote: > I didn't think you'd be having the odd game of Quake on one of your > boxes. But think of it as an added feature! :) Oh, doom does not require fp, its integer only and on 100MHz Pentium it was very smooth! I did couple of hour-long doom sessions on one of our FreeBSD routers while waiting for a bug to regenerate itself in one of our pops some time around 1996 :) > I was referring to the 100MHz 486 you looked at. > > I'd still get an fpu so you can install a largely unpatched OS of your > choice even if the fpu is redundant beyond installing the OS. > > I guess you looked at the Soekris stuff and discounted it. Shame, > because a lot of folks find them useful with *BSD. The last I checked Soekris boards were using more power. We use similar boards from pcengines.ch for wireless routers. This application I am working on needs a computer with VGA and sound interfaces. >>>> Heikki > > Regards, >
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