Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:28:30 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Mike Dockery <mdockery@hargray.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Processor question Message-ID: <20120214202830.GB4616@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com> References: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 02:47:08PM -0500, Mike Dockery wrote: > > Greetings, Aloha, > > I have been a user of Linux since 1994, but most of the linux distros > seem to be getting away from freedom... which is why I chose it in the > first place. They seem intent on forcing things that do not work well > (like pulseaudio and nouveau) on everyone. Freedom of choice is always > best. Yeah, I used to use Linux but they became a bunch of Freedom Nazis controlled by big companies. Happily using FreeBSD for 10 years. > > My question is: Should I try the amd64 version of FreeBSD with my Intel > Core i7-2600 processor or should I use the i386? Generally, for an x86 machine with 4GB or greater memory use amd64. Memory less than that use i386. ie. you almost certainly want to use amd64, I should think. > > I hope to give FreeBSD a try later this month. Excellent. Best of luck and any problems not covered in the handbook or google, post here. Welcome to FreeBSD! > > Thanks, > > Mike Dockery Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk86w+0ACgkQHduKvUAgeK50CgCeMIVDS0hEWYQ6gK3cfZTDut8/ VNQAoM+nvV9KSXUBpgUMYKlnnoCG9U5I =/B3G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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