Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:57:51 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: FreeBSD MailingLists <freebsd.ml@gmail.com> Cc: questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD on older hardware (MMX) Message-ID: <20050516175751.GC5623@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <ded8d717050516100231468e5@mail.gmail.com> References: <ded8d717050516100231468e5@mail.gmail.com>
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--TqjUw3h+J5USMjbw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:02:42AM +0800, FreeBSD MailingLists wrote: > I fished out an old laptop out of my closet. > It is a Pentium 233 MMX w/ 64MB Ram and 12G HD > I am thinking about setting up a small station for browsing the web. > Which would perform better on such a system? FreeBSD or NetBSD? >=20 > I know that this is a mailing list for FreeBSD users, but I am hoping > that you will be objective and give me a suggestion based purely on > performance. >=20 > Thank you, > Tomoki Taniguchi I would guess that performance differences between NetBSD, FreeBSD, or most any OS for that matter will be neglibile for the purposes of a simple web terminal. Use whatever you are most comfortable with. Someone will surely disagree with me. Nathan --TqjUw3h+J5USMjbw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCiN8fO0ZIEthSfkkRAl7JAJ9xkjAEX+PwogLpimvDBWEBrHH+8QCgwdLy V/JVezBwW514nwUPZ/M7yww= =ZufT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TqjUw3h+J5USMjbw--
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