Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:19:19 +1000 From: "Neeraj Arora" <Neeraj.Arora@ems.rmit.edu.au> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, <kitsune@gmx.co.uk> Cc: defacto@home.se Subject: Re: Why is FreeBSD so SLOW? Message-ID: <sea82aaa.094@ems.rmit.edu.au>
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I have noticed in general that any *nix distribution gets slow if the = network is configured badly. On a well configured system freebsd is much = faster than linux and that itself is much faster than windows. Regards, Neeraj >>> kitsune <kitsune@gmx.co.uk> 04/24/03 09:08 AM >>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:04:08 +0200 Jalle <defacto@home.se> wrote: > Hello FreeBSD friends! >=20 > First of all, I just want to say that this mail is not meant to = offend=20 > anyone, and that it is a technical oriented mail, only with a tint of=20 > "computer theology". I don't wish to start another one of those "holy=20 > wars"-threads (FreeBSD vs Linux vs Windows kinda), I just wan't to = sort=20 > some stuff out. >=20 > I've been using FreeBSD for a few years now and I like the freedom = and=20 > control it gives me. After running it alongside Win2k (which, frankly, = is a=20 > great OS) for several years I finally switched to FreeBSD only, no = more=20 > dual-boot! =3Do) Sounds like a troll... but I have nothing better to do as of currently. > Now, everyone says that FreeBSD is supposed to be so fast and = reliable.=20 > Reliable, I fully agree! But fast? No, it's actually much slower on = my=20 > machine than any Windows distro ever was! Sure, only running in text = mode=20 > is fast as hell, but no good for everyday use. I've tried several WMs = and=20 > Desktop Suites, like Enlightenment (e16 and e17), Blackbox, Gnome2, = KDE3=20 > etc. They're great n' all, but as soon as I switch to graphical UI=20 > everything slows down to a snail's pace! Even a simple terminal is slow. If blackbox is not playing nicely then something is def wack with ye's = system. I've never had any probs with that WM. > I've played around with Linux a couple of times, and with several = flavors=20 > (Mandrake, Debian, RedHat, Gentoo), and they where all MUCH faster using = a=20 > graphical interface than FreeBSD! =20 > I have a Pentium III 450 MHz with 320 MB RAM, a SoundBlaster AWE 64 = Gold=20 > and a Matrox G400 MAX video card. I know, this is not top-of-the-line=20 > hardware, but that doesn't mean that it should run three or four (or = more)=20 > times faster under Linux, right? Sounds like you have configured something badly. I've used slower system = with crappier hardware and had no problems and it had no problems playing = movies. It ran quite nicely. Are you using a optimized kernel? Are the ports ye are using optimized? = What about mem leaks? Is some program eating a massive number of cycles? =20 > So, to the point! I like FreeBSD (I prefer using FBSD before Windows = or=20 > Linux), and I would like to keep using it. But if I can't watch a movie = or=20 > use a decent file manager I will have to switch to Linux. Oh yeah, BTW, = is=20 > there really NO WAY of getting simultaneous sounds in FreeBSD?!? I = think=20 > that's kinda crappy. I mean MS did it, why can't we? >=20 > Finally the QUESTION: Why is my FreeBSD box so slow? I figure, if = FreeBSD=20 > in general was so slow, then noone would really use it. Are there any=20 > "standard tricks" in the book that speeds up a slow X server or WM, or = just=20 > FreeBSD in general? See above... _______________________________________________ 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= "
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