From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 16:21:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C3B1065675 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:21:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0D2E8FC08 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:21:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p2EGKiU5078030; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:20:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id p2EGKihb078029; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:20:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:20:44 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <201103141620.p2EGKihb078029@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19838.13700.532804.568569@gossamer.timing.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-x11 User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:20:59 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: AMD E-350 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:21:01 -0000 John Hein wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much choice when > > building a low-noise and low-power surf box for the living > > room based on FreeBSD. Atom boards run (mostly), but they > > don't have HDMI output with full HD support. AMD E-350 is > > not supported by FreeBSD, as you wrote above ... Not much > > left ... > > http://www.armkits.com/product/vss3530.asp > > Might be a bit of a porting effort, but I seem to recall some > traffic about that platform on arm@ Thanks for the suggestion, but I prefer something that is i386-compatible. First, I don't want to spend significant amount of time for porting. Second, as far as I know, all those ARM-based boards are significantly slower than even an old Atom N330. And third, I suspect that several of the programs that I want to use on that box wouldn't run on FreeBSD/arm, including my favourite browser (Opera, including Flash support). Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > Can the denizens of this group enlighten me about what the > advantages of Python are, versus Perl ? "python" is more likely to pass unharmed through your spelling checker than "perl". -- An unknown poster and Fredrik Lundh