Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:59:03 +1100 From: Andrew Reilly <andrew-freebsd@areilly.bpc-users.org> To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Progress with usability of AMD64 Message-ID: <20071114025903.GA72819@duncan.reilly.home> In-Reply-To: <20070928232008.K89977@woozle.rinet.ru> References: <nospam-1190938946.94875@joker.gbch.net> <69AF611A-3E27-49B9-A81F-033A94D796E4@khera.org> <20070928232008.K89977@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:24:41PM +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Vivek Khera wrote: > VK> My list of software is purely server stuff; I > VK> don't use any FreeBSD desktops. > > It seems to be the key point here. > > I'm thinking about giving a try for the following scheme for my development > desktop at work: > > amd64 machine with servers' ports built inside (postgresql-server, apache, etc) > with i386 jail with desktop applications (xorg, firefox/nspluginwrappers, MUA, > you name it...) > > ENOTIME so far... Utility is definitely a personal variable. I run a FreeBSD-6-stable workstation at AMD64 and am more or less happy with it, but I also have a MacOS laptop, which I can fall back to for anything that falls out of the FreeBSD-amd64 capability bucket, like watching the google Android videos on youtube, (and I know where to find a Windows laptop when that isn't enough, either). [Since when were video-only web presentations a good idea? Not a trend I approve of, but for "quick-and-dirty" I suppose it saves having someone write up a transcript...] Certainly xorg, firefox (and epiphany, which I prefer) and MUA (thunderbird, evolution, mutt, claws-mail(my pref.)) all work happily in amd64 mode. -- Andrew
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