From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 1 13:06:40 2008 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 36BBA10656C0 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 13:06:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E19B68FC28 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 13:06:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JggCB-00013w-U1 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:06:35 +0000 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:06:35 +0000 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:06:35 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:06:24 +0200 Lines: 67 Message-ID: References: <16d3abd60804010444q3936889m436e979276f23ad8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig5C1B42C995157D472C44A6AC" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) In-Reply-To: <16d3abd60804010444q3936889m436e979276f23ad8@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation on AMD64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:06:40 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig5C1B42C995157D472C44A6AC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable S=C3=A9bastien Morand wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I'm new in FreeBSD, I'm used to GNU/Linux from many years but I'm tryin= g to > migrate to FreeBSD. > My hardware is AMD64 / 1GB RAM / envy24ht network car / nVidia 7300GS G= C / > USB Scanner / HP 660 Printer This looks like a desktop computer, with multimedia capabilities. It's very likely you won't be able to use some or all of the non-essential components. > So nothing to worry about except the AMD64. I read that FreeBSD i386 > installation is faster on AMD64 than amd64.=20 This is not very likely, or at least as valid as in any other comparison between a 32-bit and a 64-bit operating systems. > I installed amd64 and was quite > disappointed by the performance issue, particularly because the nv driv= er is > not good, and I got a lot of slowdown when some operations are made wit= hin X > server. Yes, nVidia doesn't have good FreeBSD drivers, and I think they don't have any drivers for 64-bit FreeBSD. You're probably using the default X.Org drivers, which have only basic functionality. > So before reinstalling everything, I'd like to know : > Is it a reasonable choice (in terme of performance, reliability, and > compatibility terms) to install i386 over amd64 arch? > Will I be able to install nvidia drivers and every i386 tools? (I got "= only > working under i386" several times when installing port) > Are there other issues I should be aware of using such an installation?= While there are people using FreeBSD for a graphical desktop, and some of them are even using the 64-bit version, they are few and far between, and most of them are satisfied with the bare essentials. For X.Org issues you might try the freebsd-x11@ mailing list. For issues with specific ports, try stable@ or freebsd-ports@. Be ready for a lot of manual configuration (as compared to Linux). --------------enig5C1B42C995157D472C44A6AC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH8jNQldnAQVacBcgRAvYdAJ41OfG2LyFiGbMXeGaVneRn8ThPngCePHgM uDNy2I3nz+8SezrAZyYd+3I= =B96L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig5C1B42C995157D472C44A6AC--