From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 2 02:14:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E332D16A402 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:14:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from satimis@yahoo.com) Received: from web35203.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web35203.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.163.179.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AAA3B13C461 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:14:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from satimis@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 34474 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Mar 2007 02:14:41 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=4AIKZ6zQip3K6mMySiTfPN6ign8fAOIV0oD7U7xIF9D8C8jZdFC1uC48NT5QKZDgSvj/91VBlmGdG6HQmbCQTZw+uEKj71Hy9Zl9O9iIK/ucaD/NwR2qtSe8LUBKElUvrcYNotPS0H1Cz7RI9d5mHCoU5Q64Q1yPTMtsLy0qIH0=; X-YMail-OSG: W6o3_SgVM1lBNnURDqBfXEV0OafWVKB6MmpdhNw5qbM4GVraJ.6b5ZpNTb5FOpi0uWzPPHXs.6di.4KL6Epe1QmjW8jhetXMs5ttxYB7MLQIVA.RGbFICIDN5EfacfhND5uWwPbbV6jqwnDogKB3F.lS_g-- Received: from [220.232.213.178] by web35203.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:14:41 CST Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:14:41 +0800 (CST) From: Stephen Liu To: Simon Gao In-Reply-To: <45E726B6.4050507@schrodinger.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <105156.33765.qm@web35203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Cc: DAve , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux "equivalent" to freebsd 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, 02 Mar 2007 02:14:42 -0000 --- Simon Gao wrote: > Stephen Liu wrote: > >>> Take a look at Slackware. > >>> > >>> http://www.slackware.com > >>> > >>> Patrick > >>> > >> Seconded, if I got to run Linux, I run Slackware (and I have in > >> production). If you need it there is a port of Slack to AMD64 > called > >> slamd64, http://www.slamd64.com/. > >> > >> FreeBSD users will appreciate it's simplicity and it's stability. > >> > > > > > > slamd64-11.0 has issue on nVidia driver, same as FreeBSD 6.2-amd64. > > > Besides you need to recompile kernel to enable smp technology. > Each > > time after recompiling/upgrading kernel you need to reinstall the > > driver download on nVidia.com. The situation is better than FBSD. > I > > can't locate driver for FBSD x86_64 on their website, only x_86 > > available. The onboard NIC fails to work and X can't work properly > > > However smp technology is already enabled on FBSD. > > > > I have slamd64-11.0 and FreeBSD 6.2-amd64 running here. > > > > I have no knowledge on CentOS. I'm prepared to try it. According > to > > folks on their forum CentOS supports nVidia chipset without > problem. > > > > > > B.R. > > Stephen Liu > Why not give Gentoo Linux (www.gentoo.org) a try. By using Gentoo > Linux, > you not only get the similar port system, portage, as with FreeBSD, > but > also enjoy all the benefits Linux can provide. Gentoo Linux is very > flexible and has a very good support community. I have 64 bit Gentoo box here. It also has nVidia driver problem. My 20" Philips LCD display can't display resolution > "1024x768". I have to download a driver from nVidia.com. Now it displays correct resolution "1680x1050". I don't know whether I need to reinstall the said driver if after upgrading/recompiling the kernel. Because it is running on a single core AMD Athlon64 PC. I don't need to recompile kernel to enable smp. I'm now searching a rigid OS, either Unix or Linux, to be run as server. For time saving I don't expect building the same myself, HLFS. I need X for running web browser to communicate outside World. Text browser such as elinks etc. won't serve my need. I won't have X started at boot. I only start it at need. That is my purpose to test CentOS. B.R. Stephen Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com