From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 10:14:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCB516A4E2 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:14:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E991143D48 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:14:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02 ([157.226.230.209]:3953 helo=mvaexch02.acuson.com) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AjMsA-0001VL-4Z; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:14:38 -0800 Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:07:28 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-107.acuson.com ([157.226.46.107]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id VDN314T5; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:06:21 -0800 From: Johnson David To: Julian Holley , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Organization: Siemens Medical Systems Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:12:33 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <400E9846.4C3D4FE7@holley.uklinux.net> In-Reply-To: <400E9846.4C3D4FE7@holley.uklinux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401211012.33786.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1AjMsA-0001VL-4Z*15ODT24jJIM* Subject: Re: Speed ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:14:58 -0000 On Wednesday 21 January 2004 07:18 am, Julian Holley wrote: > Hi folks - I recently installed FreeBSD 5.2 on an IBM TP 390x on > which I have successfully run Linux 2.2.* for years now, but I notice > that BSD seems to be distinctly slowly - I mean in regards to user > interact - i.e. desktop development (as you can imagine it's not a > server) .... this is not what I expected, I thought FreeBSD would be > about the same or maybe faster (more snappy) - is this usual ? or do > I have somat wrong with my installation ? J Recompile the kernel, and make sure you remove the debugging options. These are on in the default kernel, because it's still considered a development kernel (stable is still 4.9). Other tips: Make sure your filesystems are using softupdates, except for the root filesystem if it is small (a subjective judgement). Rebuild your ports, especially XFree86, KDE and GNOME, for your specific architecture (586, 686, athlon, etc). > also anyone else using FreeBSD on IBM laptops - as both APM and APCI > seem to fail for my machine :( I've got FreeBSD 5.2 on a Compaq Presario laptop, and ACPI is working fine. David