From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 20:28:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 349361065676 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:28:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp3.iomartmail.com (asmtp3.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B52388FC0C for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp3.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp3.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q1EKSV3K003714; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:28:32 GMT Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (host-92-22-172-52.as13285.net [92.22.172.52]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp3.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q1EKSUIX003701; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:28:31 GMT Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A4AD433C1F; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:28:30 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:28:30 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Mike Dockery Message-ID: <20120214202830.GB4616@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Processor question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:28:35 -0000 --SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 02:47:08PM -0500, Mike Dockery wrote: > > Greetings, Aloha, >=20 > I have been a user of Linux since 1994, but most of the linux distros=20 > seem to be getting away from freedom... which is why I chose it in the=20 > first place. They seem intent on forcing things that do not work well=20 > (like pulseaudio and nouveau) on everyone. Freedom of choice is always= =20 > 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. >=20 > My question is: Should I try the amd64 version of FreeBSD with my Intel= =20 > 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. >=20 > 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! >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Mike Dockery Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk86w+0ACgkQHduKvUAgeK50CgCeMIVDS0hEWYQ6gK3cfZTDut8/ VNQAoM+nvV9KSXUBpgUMYKlnnoCG9U5I =/B3G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SkvwRMAIpAhPCcCJ--