From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Oct 28 14:32:36 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 895594487C3 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:32:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CLrdH3v6Wz4CrV for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:32:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from [192.168.43.231] (unknown [172.58.140.206]) (Authenticated sender: galtsev) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D2CCD4E69A; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:26:34 -0500 (CDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.4\)) Subject: Re: What is the "better / best " method to multi-boot different OSes natively WITHOUT VirtualBox(es) ? From: Valeri Galtsev In-Reply-To: <98d2bb99-f2d0-004c-b342-05fbd891e9e0@qeng-ho.org> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:26:33 -0500 Cc: Polytropon , Ralf Mardorf , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <40F0146B-191B-4AA8-8CE2-13D7DEC0F1FD@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <20201024123148.4929fb9e.freebsd@edvax.de> <20201028073644.52fed6c6@archlinux> <20201028141745.0ad98a8d.freebsd@edvax.de> <98d2bb99-f2d0-004c-b342-05fbd891e9e0@qeng-ho.org> To: Arthur Chance X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.4) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4CLrdH3v6Wz4CrV X-Spamd-Bar: ++++++++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.135.20.70) smtp.mailfrom=galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [10.76 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.01)[-0.013]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[172.58.140.206:received]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_XBL(5.00)[172.58.140.206:received]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_CSS(4.00)[172.58.140.206:received]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.10)[0.099]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.08)[0.077]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; GREYLIST(0.00)[pass,body]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none] X-Spam: Yes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:32:36 -0000 > On Oct 28, 2020, at 9:22 AM, Arthur Chance = wrote: >=20 > On 28/10/2020 13:17, Polytropon wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 08:11:10 +0000, Arthur Chance wrote: >>> On 28/10/2020 06:36, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>> [...] >>>> In the end you need to read a lot of papers and decide on your own = what >>>> is "the best" for you or in your opinion. >>>=20 >>> And know that will change a few months later anyway. :-) >>=20 >> If you are lucky (and do your homework!), you should be able to >> settle for hardware that will work good for a long time, rather >> than buying something for $$$$$ that is "the best" for two weeks, >> then discovered as having faulty firmware, and break & brick >> entirely after 6 months... ;-) >>=20 >> Personally, I prefer "good for a long time" over "best for a >> short time", but for whatever you decide, the moment you make >> the choice, there will be new options for (probably) better >> choices, and if it's just "the same for less money". So in the >> end, you'll have something that works, but be angry because you >> could have had something better for less money. >=20 > As an old friend of mine remarked (~25 years ago!), if you believe in > waiting a few months to buy a new computer because a better one is due > soon, you'll never buy a computer because there's always a better one > due soon. >=20 My boss almost 2 decades ago said: you buy new computer, but the moment = you unpack it it is already obsolete. >> Researching and buying hardware is no fun anymore. >=20 >=20 > --=20 > The number of people predicting the demise of Moore's Law doubles > every 18 months. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"