From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 27 17:47:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 476FE16A5E3 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:47:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E23643F76 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:14:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 4A2B3F80F for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:14:47 -0700 (MST) Received: from cochise.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.57]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 273A8F805 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:14:47 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:14:45 -0700 From: Ken Gunderson To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20060127101445.535dcaa8.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <20060127162721.GB27084@aoi.wolfpond.org> References: <20060127020350.02abf989.kgunders@teamcool.net> <20060127162721.GB27084@aoi.wolfpond.org> Organization: Teamcool Networks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.12 (GTK+ 2.6.7; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: fbsd-amd64 desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:47:49 -0000 On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:27:21 +0100 Francois Tigeot wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 02:03:50AM -0700, Ken Gunderson wrote: > > > > I've only run fbsd-amd64 on servers. My favorite server ports all > > work great but not sure about status of desktop related stuff. For > > example, I know OpenOffice has issues. Any other gotchas I should know > > about? > > This will depend on your application mix. > > I have been running a 64-bit desktop for about two years without too > much trouble apart from some Windowmaker bugs. > > For OpenOffice, there is no native version and the FreeBSD/i386 package > doesn't run. The Linux/i386 version works like a charm, howewer. > > > Also that there were some thread a while back that i386 was better > > performer if you don't need the extra ram capability. But that was > > also in reference to 5.x. > > I believe it was mainly due to assembly optimized routines in the i386 > version versus straight C for amd64. > FreeBSD/amd64 should become relatively faster as these are rewritten in > assembly again. > > > What would y'all recommend for a desktop machine? > > Why don't you try both ? You can partition the machine with a big home > directory shared between two different FreeBSD installations... Good idea;-) But mainly because I don't have much spare time at the moment...;-( Need things to "just work". So that's why I inquired. Thanks to all for their comments. -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?