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
>
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
>
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.
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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
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
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.
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Subject: Processor question
Greetings,
I have been a user of Linux since 1994, b
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
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
