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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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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

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