Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:37:15 -0800 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Second attempt at FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386, Xorg, and Xfce graphical desktop Message-ID: <2a578c14-d0f7-cf2e-a0c1-2a1d57f1faf8@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <20170117094218.104c86e1@curlew.lan> References: <18a5de5c-bc3a-c2e8-32c1-ea0a12d446ac@holgerdanske.com> <20170117094218.104c86e1@curlew.lan>
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On 01/17/17 01:42, Mike Clarke wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:16:59 -0800 > David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > >> Therefore, I have been evaluating various BSD distributions over the >> past several weeks using a computer with an Intel DQ67SW motherboard, >> i7-2600S CPU, 8 GB RAM, and 16 GB SATA SSD: > > [snip] > >> So, I am making a second attempt at FreeBSD using: >> >> FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img > > Though not directly relevant to your question the i386 image is > a 32 bit system so you'd get better performance if you installed > FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img instead to take full advantage > of your 64 bit processor and all 8GB of your RAM. Thanks for the reply. 1. I also have some 32-bit machines, and would prefer one distribution for all of them. 2. If I find that I need more than 4 GB (3 GB?) of RAM, I'll either recompile with the PAE option or switch to 64-bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension David
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