Fedora, Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OpenSolaris Benchmarks

[Kat]

Interesting info...........

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_bsd_opensolaris&num=1
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[bmc5311]

doesn't seem to be much of a difference between debian and debian/bsd.

i'll show my ignorance and ask -
what is the advantage of the bsd kernel vs. the linux kernel?

[wmjodea]

[carpenterguy]

Kernels are fun to play with, often the change from one to another...kinda boring.
I find the change from .32 to .33 is huge. After installing it...wish I could have do overs
After installing the kernel and then world and etc-update -5.
-5 is modify configs with no question.
Sooo, after modifying the configs, the .30 .31 .32 kernel gets in a endless loop during boot, and takes 15 min to boot. Just as long to shut down. Those kernels work fine while booted. Is a full 1/2 hour for boot and shutdown. The .33 kernel boots to a working kde desktop in less then 1 min, and shuts down as normal.
Just saying the config files between a .32 and a .33 are totally different.
Feel I have a choice to rewrite my configs, and get .32 to boot normal and lose .33, or keep .33
The change of the configs was deep enough to write a new xorg.conf.
I fixed 1 error and got 2 more, I deleted that xorg and replaced with a known working one. Nope, does not work either. Wish I would have used mv instead of del Can we say do overs o_0
I have xorg down to no devices found, and have 4 options for drivers at this point. hal is being depreciated, devkit will be the new item, .33 may actually jump to .34 before being stable linux is cool
Never a dull moment.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzc5NQ
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[yummadumdum]

I've not played with kernel config for years. I've laid down- gotten soft, gotten lazy... everything was working fine for me with the kernels debian had been spoon feeding me.
Enter 2.6.32
Wizardry was introduced for a twinhan remote control. (Twinhan sells dvb cards along with ir remotes) The remote that came with my card used to get set up (udev) as a mouse and keyboard... perfect! I just mapped the twinhan keyboard events. (was this so hard for so many?)
After some googling, it appears that twinhan had mass produced different dvb cards with remotes with the same hardware id as mine!
Also, from that search, I can assume that I'm the owner of the only card of it's kind in existence today. Everyone else seems to have the one the module was written for.
So now my mythbox is pinned to 2.6.30. Until I get the gumption to tell mythbox to ignore twinhan-hid module.
Is this the beginning of the ubuntuification of the linux kernel?
Get me a bucket

[fgleich]

I wish I knew what I was doin
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There are 10 kinds of people in this world...those that understand binary and those that don't.

[yummadumdum]

Yeah, me too.
Is that a pot shot left over from craigslist?
Do we reach a resolution or am I supposed to quit posting in your domain?

[carpenterguy]

Hey all! what are we up to?
Wife is out of town, sooo, am frying chicken....hope it comes out better then my home cooked kernels
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[wmjodea]

I am reading up on my next project, Gentoo/FreeBSD.
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/bsd/fbsd/
My son is putting together a new computer; so I will get his old one and going to try and get Gentoo/FreeBSD running on it.

[bmc5311]

learning the ins and outs of openbox on my desktop and laptop and trying to slim down the os and eliminate as many dependencies as possible..

.. and since i'm an eternal searcher, i'm searching for the perfect panel that will give me all conveniences of the gnome panel without having to run gnome (or kde and xfce)...

[fgleich]

I'm serious about wishin I knew what I was doin, no potshot

things change so much in such a short amount of time, if you don't keep playin with stuff, what you know is out of date really quick. So it's like, open mouth, insert foot. I just need to keep my mouth shut and think before I post.

Anyway, I did learn how to set up a wifi peer to peer network this week, without having a wireless router. It's been interesting, now trying to set up nat and IP forwarding, oh, and nfs for file transfer. Of course, in a standard livecd install, the nfs packages are not included in the cd, so you have to get them from the repos, but with no connection, you have to use another computer. And so it goes.

btw, to set your Atheros wifi adaptor into ad hoc mode, you have to have the madwifi tools, the standard wireless tools won't work.

right now I'm also learning a new distro, Archlinux. The package manager is totally different, of course. I tried installing debian on this laptop, but it would freeze, no matter what mode I tried.

Anyway, still learning here.
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[yummadumdum]

>things change so much in such a short amount of time, if you don't keep playin with stuff, what you know is out of date really quick.

That's no kiddn.
Started up amarok the other day. Boy is that different, now.
Still haven't done much with that twinhan module problem. I'm askeered to have to build a kernel these days.

>.. and since i'm an eternal searcher, i'm searching for the perfect panel...

And when/if you find it, please share!
Goofing around with compiz in the past was kinda fun. Do enjoy the eye candy. The big thing missing was a decent toolbar/ panel/ menu.
Had it working just about like fluxbox and I think I ended up with something from awn for a panel(?)
Butt it still just wasn't right. Still using fluxbox. It's just so comfortable.