Re: Processor question

2012-02-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Thursday 16 February 2012 17:20:23 krad wrote: > On 14 February 2012 20:28, Frank Shute wrote: > > > 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 >

Re: Processor question

2012-02-16 Thread krad
On 14 February 2012 20:28, Frank Shute wrote: > 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 >

Re: Processor question

2012-02-14 Thread Nerius Landys
If you do choose 32 bit, you can compile the PAE kernel which will allow access to all of your memory, but you'll still be limited to under 4 GB per process memory. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Re: Processor question

2012-02-14 Thread Mihai Donțu
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:47:08 -0500 Mike Dockery wrote: > Greetings, > > 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 p

Re: Processor question

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 14/02/2012 21:28, Nerius Landys wrote: > If you do choose 32 bit, you can compile the PAE kernel which will > allow access to all of your memory, but you'll still be limited to > under 4 GB per process memory. Better pray all your devices have PAE compatible drivers then. PAE is an obsolete bo

Re: Processor question

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 14/02/2012 19:47, Mike Dockery wrote: > My question is: Should I try the amd64 version of FreeBSD with my Intel > Core i7-2600 processor or should I use the i386? Choose amd64 by default, unless you have a specific application that requires an i386 system. Even if you have less than 4GiB RAM.

RE: Processor question

2012-02-14 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mike Dockery Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:47 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Processor question Greetings, I have been a user of Linux since 1994

Re: Processor question

2012-02-14 Thread Frank Shute
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

Re: Processor question

2012-02-14 Thread krad
AMD As this just means 64 bit On Feb 14, 2012 8:02 PM, "Mike Dockery" wrote: > Greetings, > > 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 n

Processor question

2012-02-14 Thread Mike Dockery
Greetings, 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