Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:51:19 +0000 From: "C. Ulrich" <dincht@securenym.net> To: andi payn <andi_payn@speedymail.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux port..... Message-ID: <200310271252.h9RCq1C22058@anon.securenym.net> In-Reply-To: <1067042620.38004.1429.camel@verdammt.falcotronic.net> References: <20031024214427.22367.qmail@web20709.mail.yahoo.com> <1067042620.38004.1429.camel@verdammt.falcotronic.net>
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On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 00:43, andi payn wrote: > 4. While running a similar set of services, FreeBSD may be using less > background processing time. Or maybe not. I definitely see significantly > lower CPU usage (idling under X, FreeBSD shows about 2-10% CPU, linux > about 15-35%). However, this may just be an artifact of linux's > notoriously bad reporting, or the fact that I'm using the O(1) kernel > and preemptible kernel patches, or maybe something stupid some GNOME > applet is doing because I configured it wrong under linux; who knows.... Check with top to see which processes are using the CPU. For me, 9 times out of 10, it's the X server itself taking up cycles for doing nothing. It won't do it right after a fresh boot, but some program along the way usually triggers the siphoning of the CPU usage. Charles Ulrich -- http://bityard.net
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