From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 14:32:19 2012 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 74AA2106566B for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:32:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48F688FC14 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amd620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q1HEWDuY010244; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:32:15 -0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:32:10 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/8.2-STABLE; KDE/4.7.4; amd64; ; ) References: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com> <20120214202830.GB4616@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201202172132.10933.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: Frank Shute , Mike Dockery , krad Subject: Re: Processor question 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: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:32:19 -0000 Hi, On Thursday 16 February 2012 17:20:23 krad wrote: > On 14 February 2012 20:28, Frank Shute wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 02:47:08PM -0500, Mike Dockery wrote: > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > Aloha, > > > > > > > > I have been a user of Linux since 1994, but most of the linux distros > > > seem to be getting away from freedom... which is why I chose it in the > > > first place. They seem intent on forcing things that do not work well > > > (like pulseaudio and nouveau) on everyone. Freedom of choice is always > > > best. > > > > Yeah, I used to use Linux but they became a bunch of Freedom Nazis > > controlled by big companies. > > > > Happily using FreeBSD for 10 years. > > > > > > > > My question is: Should I try the amd64 version of FreeBSD with my Intel > > > Core i7-2600 processor or should I use the i386? > > > > Generally, for an x86 machine with 4GB or greater memory use amd64. > > Memory less than that use i386. > > > > I would actually say 3GB or more, as if you have a machine at 4gb and run a > 32bit os you waste the best part of a gig or more due to pci addressing etc > I would use the amd64 version in any case. I was forced once to switch because I needed more than 4GB memory for a single application. I noticed then that most things went smoother then. Erich > > > > > ie. you almost certainly want to use amd64, I should think. > > > > > > > > I hope to give FreeBSD a try later this month. > > > > Excellent. Best of luck and any problems not covered in the handbook > > or google, post here. Welcome to FreeBSD! > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Mike Dockery > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > > > Frank > > > > Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >