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When I had Windows on this laptop, the audio over HDMI worked beautifully.
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>abandoning the Linux syscall table layer Assuming you mean linux(4), http://man.freebsd.org/linux , it's absolutely not abandoned: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Linuxulator ; it recently got a proper ARM64 support for example. >"Linux jails" or something like that https://wiki.freebsd.org/LinuxJails
Awesome! Looks like they've picked up speed with it, that's great to see. Not sure if the abandonment was originally a misperception on my part or whether they picked it up again, maybe pulling code in from SmartOS? Either way the wiki says compatibility is up to 4.4 on CURRENT and 3.2 on STABLE. Still a ways to go, but that's sounding like I might have to give FreeBSD a go again!
Note that the reported kernel version doesn’t mean much, and we could probably bump it to 5. What matters is individual syscalls, and a nice thing about the state of Linux is that because it’s so fragmented, almost every non-portable syscall has a portable fallback.
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I’ve noticed this myself but didn’t dig into the delays I’ve seen. Interesting to learn it appears for others. How did you have ZFS change how it allocates memory?
This was a bug in ZFS itself, and was resolved years ago: https://smartos.org/bugview/OS-6404 In FreeBSD 12.x and older, you could opt out of using UMA with: vfs.zfs.zio.use_uma=0, but that is not necessary
I’m on 13-RELEASE.
How well does FreeBSD support a “modern” web backend? Does Java run here? Mono (C#)? Node.js? PostgreSQL? Any noSQL databases?
For the most part: yes. The one I'm not sure of is Mono. That being said, some tooling assumes linux sometimes, but the popular stuff is generally gtg, especially if you get it via the ports tree.
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> Linux supports higher throughput for a while now Really that's new...because netflix thinks otherwise.
agreed ! Also i think throughput might be moving/dynamic values ? i.e this year Lamborghini might be faster than a Ferrari... Next year they might swap. But no one will say Lamborghini or Ferrari are slow. My humble point,unless absolute throughput (Then you looking at userland tcp-stack anyway) is your absolute goal. Things like tools,skillset, environment, community might play a bigger role. Yea i still love Freebs…
> ... /etc/resolv.conf ... ...
> ...don't edit this file manually it is auto-generated ...
I have been trying not to comment on any of this discussion, but You just hit a nerve for me (in a good way!).
resolv.conf: near and dear to my heart
Don't edit manually...: if it is cattle (most servers and IoT) - ok, I move on. If it is a pet (any of my main laptops), whoa. Stop what I'm doing and track down the software that did this. Purge it or re-write the offending code to not mess with stuff. Track down what was relying on this behaviour and purge. Rinse, repeat.
FWIW, I am running Slackware, OpenBSD, and sometimes FreeBSD on my pets (they are all installed it's just that I mostly live in the first two). Also, I find it hard to not have all the different man pages always available (no, I don't have a constant Internet connection - Security policies).
I am understood the article. But my feelings are: - it sounds like an perfect server os, but not am desktop os: i tried 3 times install gnome on freebsd inside kvm, i didn't make it. - how about install on laptop? On arm laptop? How about power management? i think linux is much better for workstation / desktop computers
> Add input device "EvTouch USB Graphics Tablet" in virt-manager.
> In the guest:
> pkg install utouch-kmod xf86-input-evdev
> edit /boot/loader.conf as instructed (this is output during the pkg install)
> reboot (guest)
Also:
Read my other comment later in this thread.
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Having used BSD many years ago on desktop, I completely disagree. What are you using your computer for using BSD? I really don't spend 99% of my time just compiling lol The chaos thing is something I hear from BSD users quite a lot. I'm still not sure what it is means, maybe that's some sort of personal issue..? I suppose you don't like forking and variation, which is understandable coming from a user of an OS with a…
> I'm willing to bet that most people running Arch or Gentoo are still using quite a bit of 'Debian resources'/assets. More like the reverse, the Arch Wiki is the best so everyone uses it. Although for some topics it makes sense to take a look at Debian or Gentoo wikis, too. Not sure what other kind of 'Debian resources'/assets you had in mind.
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Having used BSD many years ago on desktop, I completely disagree. What are you using your computer for using BSD? I really don't spend 99% of my time just compiling lol The chaos thing is something I hear from BSD users quite a lot. I'm still not sure what it is means, maybe that's some sort of personal issue..? I suppose you don't like forking and variation, which is understandable coming from a user of an OS with a…
I can’t speak for everyone, but one of the reasons I use Arch is precisely because Debian doesn’t have as many resources/assets as Arch. AUR may not be perfect but there is very little software out there that someone hasn’t already packaged in it and it’s a great deal more convenient to use than faffing with custom repos. The Arch Wiki is second to none too. I’ve even occasionally found myself using it when debugging…
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I would scream if I ever saw a dude in a suit give some 70's looking NEET permission to base their company's entire IT platform on FreeBSD specifically. It'd be like switching all your office workstations from MacOS to Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
why? it's a valid decision to make. Linux is turbulent and uncoordinated. FreeBSD is the opposite of that.
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> Personal experience with Ubuntu on a recent Thinkpad: Well, that's your first problem. How does FreeBSD or OSX do on it? Maybe you should buy a Linux laptop to run Linux instead of slapping Linux on a Windows laptop and expecting it to work correctly.
No, I'm pretty sure all his problems are due to Nvidia. Try Intel or AMD; they are a lot more stable in my experience.