Looking at a workstation solution.

[David Rhodus]

On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:19:12 +0100, Martin P. Hellwig
<mhellwig at xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brian Reichert wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 02:31:39PM -0500, John McGee wrote:
> >
> >>i know this will come across as a pretty general question but here goes.
> >>
> >>I'm looking for a low end workstation os for a laptop setup.
> >>
> >>ive tried freebsd 5.2.1 and its kind of slow.  how does dragonfly compare?
> >>how does it compare (in speed) to a linux 2.6.8 workstation.
> >
> >
> > Not to in any way cut down on dragonfly, but it's my feel that
> > FreeBSD 4.x is peppier on a laptop than 5.x.  Mind you, I've been
> > looking for an excuse to run dragonfly on a lap, and I just haven't
> > test-fired that yet. :)
> >
> >
> >>any response would be great.
> >
> >
> > Good luck, in any regard.
> >
> 
> Try the 5.3 RC2, its quicker because allmost all debug flags have been
> removed.
> 

That sounds like a really bad idea from the perspective that FreeBSD
was just making a release but pulled back due to a large number of
major problems with the system.  DragonFly should be considered a much
more reliable and stable solution at this point in time.

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                                            -David
                                            Steven David Rhodus
                                            <drhodus at xxxxxxxxxxx>