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I've been running FreeBSD on my netbook since last autumn and it's more responsive, and noticeably faster than #!, which I tried out last month. (I just reinst
by D9u 13y ago
I've been running FreeBSD on my netbook since last autumn and it's more responsive, and noticeably faster than #!, which I tried out last month. (I just reinstalled FBSD last night)
Crunchbang just doesn't compare as far as speed goes.
I tested both OS' with Xfce4.1, as well as no DE with dwm & dmenu. In each case FreeBSD blows crunchbang away, and this is on an Intel Atom N270 with 1 GB RAM.
The only thing #! has going for it is ease of setup, but FreeBSD isn't that hard to setup and use, and all questions I've had are easily answered by reading the FreeBSD Handbook.
Some will decry FBSD's support for suspend/hibernate, but since I never use those features it's a non issue for me.
That said, I do believe that suspend, etc, is working for some laptops, although YMMV.
- pyre 13y ago| Some will decry FBSD's support for | suspend/hibernate, but since I never | use those features it's a non issue for me. This is how most people use a laptop. While that may be perfectly fine for you, that doesn't work for a lot of people.
- D9u 13y agoA 12 cell battery lasts a long time on this little netbook. But you're right, I'm not most people.
- jlgreco 13y agoHow do you pack up your laptop and bring it somewhere else without it melting down in the bag? Just make sure nothing is burning CPU, pack it up, and hope for the best?
- hobs 13y agoI assume he uses the shut down feature.
- D9u 13y agoOf course. Why does the netbook have to stay running if I'm not using it? Sometimes the simplest things are so abstruse to some of us.
- jlgreco 13y agoLosing long-running sessions is kind of a pain in the ass.. if you can keep them going, why wouldn't you? Are you able to at least suspend to disk?
- D9u 13y agoYou can save your sessions at log out.
- pyre 13y agoDepends what you meant be 'save your sessions.' If you have an entire environment setup with multiple applications open in various states, then no, you can't 'save state' in any way that I know of (other than suspend-to-disk). It can also be a pain in the ass to setup said environment again. On the flip side: - Using suspend-to-RAM is less secure. - Enabling secure swap (at least on Linux with in a password-less setup[1]) doesn't work with suspend-to-disk. [1] In a password-less setup, there is no way to recover the swap after a fresh boot since the key is regenerated on every boot (at least it was the case the last time that I manually setup encrypted swap).
- venomsnake 13y agoI have been using my notebook lately while on the move as an external battery for the tablet. Just plug the usb, put the laptop on suspend and you have 12 hours of decent performance ahead of you - so suspend is somewhat important for me right now. (8 hours in a bus is testing experience)
- jamii 13y agoOne of my favorite features on my current laptop is the USB port that is connected directly to the battery, so it charges even when the laptop is not turned on.
- pyre 13y agoWhat laptop is this? Is this an advertised feature or something that you only got information on in some obscure way (newsgroups, forums, etc vs. the official manual)?
- jamii 13y agoAlienware M11X R2. It's not really advertised, I just noticed the option in the bios one day - http://www.techmonsters.com/DellTraining/bin/Foundation2010/Portables_Foundation_2010/Alienware/M17x/M17X/usb_powershare.htm http://www.techmonsters.com/DellTraining/bin/Foundation2010/... . It's ridiculously useful when travelling - if I don't use my laptop I get an extra 2/3 days worth of battery for my phone.
- drivebyacct2 13y agoHa. I love Linux and use it as much as possible but Linux has been dysfunctional on every laptop I've ever owned in some way or another. I've owned a Toshiba, Lenovo (I know, right?), Apple (actually was the best supported, by a decent margin), Chromebook Pixel.