Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 01:13:19 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD on older hardware (MMX) Message-ID: <200505170113.19514.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <ded8d717050516100231468e5@mail.gmail.com> References: <ded8d717050516100231468e5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 16 May 2005 18:02, 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? NetBSD prioritises portability over performance, FreeBSD generally has better application and hardware support on a smaller set of platforms, so FreeBSD is the obvious choice.
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