On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 02:47:08PM -0500, Mike Dockery wrote: > > Greetings,
Aloha, > > I have been a user of Linux since 1994, but most of the linux distros > seem to be getting away from freedom... which is why I chose it in the > first place. They seem intent on forcing things that do not work well > (like pulseaudio and nouveau) on everyone. Freedom of choice is always > best. Yeah, I used to use Linux but they became a bunch of Freedom Nazis controlled by big companies. Happily using FreeBSD for 10 years. > > My question is: Should I try the amd64 version of FreeBSD with my Intel > Core i7-2600 processor or should I use the i386? Generally, for an x86 machine with 4GB or greater memory use amd64. Memory less than that use i386. ie. you almost certainly want to use amd64, I should think. > > I hope to give FreeBSD a try later this month. Excellent. Best of luck and any problems not covered in the handbook or google, post here. Welcome to FreeBSD! > > Thanks, > > Mike Dockery Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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