Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:59:42 -0600 From: Quintin Riis <webmaster@countrypure.net> To: Julian Holley <julian@holley.uklinux.net> Cc: "freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Speed ? Message-ID: <401039BE.3080704@countrypure.net> In-Reply-To: <400E9846.4C3D4FE7@holley.uklinux.net> References: <400E9846.4C3D4FE7@holley.uklinux.net>
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You'll see much more speed with a custom kernel. There's a section in the handbook that will tell you how to configure, compile, and install one. I've found FreeBSD to be much faster than Linux. Quintin 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 > > also anyone else using FreeBSD on IBM laptops - as both APM and APCI > seem to fail for my machine :( >
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