On 29.03.2011 00:57, Clayton Milos wrote:
Hi Pawel
I'm running GELI encryption on a hardware RAID5 (8x1TB), formatted to 6.3T
usable space using i386 FreeBSD 7.3-PRERELEASE. Write speeds to the drive
are just over 40MB/s which is not too bad but I would like to improve it as
the drive
On 03/28/2011 22:32, Jason Hsu wrote:
I've been trying to switch from Linux to BSD for my everyday computing (email,
word processing, spreadsheets, etc.), but I couldn't get things to work
properly. I've been so spoiled by the quickness and user-friendliness of
antiX/Swift Linux and Puppy
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 01:32:23AM -0400, Jason Hsu wrote:
I've been trying to switch from Linux to BSD for my everyday computing
(email, word processing, spreadsheets, etc.), but I couldn't get
things to work properly. I've been so spoiled by the quickness and
user-friendliness of
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:32:23 -0400
Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com wrote:
I've been trying to switch from Linux to BSD for my everyday
computing (email, word processing, spreadsheets, etc.), but I
couldn't get things to work properly.
I'm in the same boat, and will try today again...
Hello Jason,
(Highly Opinionated Piece)
Are there any good tutorials for using BSD on the desktop? I'm having much
more difficulty finding good information on BSD than was the case for Linux.
In retrospect, this shouldn't be a surprise given that Linux is relatively
mainst
ream while
As with other people that replied before - my opinions reflect my
opinions that might actually *not* suit your personal needs. But you
asked.
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 01:32 -0400, Jason Hsu wrote:
Some questions:
1. Is it possible to install KDE, GNOME, or other DE from the FreeBSD
CD in a
Hi everybody,
I want to use a setup of nfsv3,krb5i mountpoints for my users'
homefolders. The clients are linux (Ubuntu) and the server is
FreeBSD-8-STABLE. The clients use autofs for mounting the users'
homefolders. Once a user logs in, their folder is mounted, and the user
has access to
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com wrote:
I've been trying to switch from Linux to BSD for my everyday computing
(email, word processing, spreadsheets, etc.), but I couldn't get things to
work properly. I've been so spoiled by the quickness and
Hi,
On 29 March 2011 11:33, Michal Varga varga.mic...@gmail.com wrote:
As with other people that replied before - my opinions reflect my
opinions that might actually *not* suit your personal needs. But you
asked.
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 01:32 -0400, Jason Hsu wrote:
Some questions:
1. Is it
On 29.03.2011 00:57, Clayton Milos wrote:
Hi Pawel
I'm running GELI encryption on a hardware RAID5 (8x1TB), formatted to
6.3T
usable space using i386 FreeBSD 7.3-PRERELEASE. Write speeds to the drive
are just over 40MB/s which is not too bad but I would like to improve it
as
the drive gets
hi,
my two nodes are running fine with 8.2-stable and the LSI 9200-8e and
now, I want to build a failover for the Zpool (and later ISCSI target)
Both nodes are connected to the same disks (jbod) and now I need a way,
to get the zpool(s) running on the node with the CARP public IP.
I found
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:59:24PM +0200, Christian Walther wrote:
What's the benefit of building everything from source? Yes, you can
configure some of the ports, but in these days you'll end up with
stuff you don't want to have anyway. I'm a zsh user and have hardly
any need for bash, except
Hello Jeremy,
On 29 March 2011 13:36, Jeremy Chadwick free...@jdc.parodius.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:59:24PM +0200, Christian Walther wrote:
[ZSH PCRE Support]
Up to now I probably had to need for pcre, since I haven't noticed
that it's not part of the package. ;)
And in case of an
Hi,
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 12:59 +0200, Christian Walther wrote:
What's the benefit of building everything from source? Yes, you can
configure some of the ports, but in these days you'll end up with
stuff you don't want to have anyway. I'm a zsh user and have hardly
any need for bash, except
Quoting Claus Guttesen kome...@gmail.com (from Tue, 29 Mar 2011
06:57:40 +0200):
I'm mounting the FreeBSD-server from a couple of vmware esxi 4.1
servers using nfs, but when there is alot of i/o the server becomes
unresponsive, easily triggered by installing ie. ms-sql. The server
itself is
Jason Hsu wrote:
I've been trying to switch from Linux to BSD for my everyday computing (email,
word processing, spreadsheets, etc.), but I couldn't get things to work
properly. I've been so spoiled by the quickness and user-friendliness of
antiX/Swift Linux and Puppy Linux for so long. I
On Tuesday, March 29, 2011 6:59:24 am Christian Walther wrote:
On the downside there seem to be some work needing to be done IRT
kernel based 3D acceleration. I don't know the current status, but the
last I heard was that NVidias drivers can't be ported to FreeBSD
because the kernel lacks some
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:32:23 -0400
Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com wrote:
I've been trying to switch from Linux to BSD for my everyday computing
(email, word processing, spreadsheets, etc.), but I couldn't get things to
work properly.
I've been so spoiled by the quickness and
--On March 29, 2011 8:25:11 AM -0500 Stephen Montgomery-Smith
step...@missouri.edu wrote:
But the desktop experience of Ubuntu is so easy, and it works so much
out of the box that I am switching to Ubuntu for a lot of my everyday
desktop needs.
Not to belabor the point, but this is precisely
--On March 29, 2011 1:32:23 AM -0400 Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
wrote:
Some questions:
1. Is it possible to install KDE, GNOME, or other DE from the FreeBSD CD
in a reasonable amount of time? KDE and GNOME are huge programs, and
having to download them would take too long.
I
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Claus Guttesen kome...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm aware of that, but the only way the problem shows up is when a
windows machine performs an installation or a windows update (and has
alot of updates in the pipeline). When traffic (i/o) is low to
moderate it justs
on 29/03/2011 19:43 Paul Schmehl said the following:
FreeBSD is first and foremost a server OS. Desktop support is lacking when
compared to the other major OSes (Windows, Mac and Linux). You can make it
work,
if you want to, but that's not what its primary function is.
Chiming in on a
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 11:43 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
FreeBSD is first and foremost a server OS.
Could you support your claim with some examples, please?
Desktop support is lacking when compared to the other major OSes
(Windows, Mac and Linux).
Here too. How is desktop support on FreeBSD
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:59:24PM +0200, Christian Walther wrote:
On the downside there seem to be some work needing to be done IRT
kernel based 3D acceleration. I don't know the current status, but the
last I heard was that NVidias drivers can't be ported to FreeBSD
because the kernel
2011/3/29 Nikola Pavlović n...@riseup.net:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:59:24PM +0200, Christian Walther wrote:
[...]
As others have pointed out NVidia drivers for FreeBSD have been
available for some time, and they work just fine.
Yes, thanks for pointing that out, everybody. :)
As far as eye
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michal Varga varga.mic...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 11:43 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
Desktop support is lacking when compared to the other major OSes
(Windows, Mac and Linux).
Here too. How is desktop support on FreeBSD lacking?
I realize a
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 10:51 -0700, Matthew Fleming wrote:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michal Varga varga.mic...@gmail.com wrote:
Here too. How is desktop support on FreeBSD lacking?
I realize a desktop means many things to many people, but the biggest
thing holding me back from using
on 29/03/2011 20:51 Matthew Fleming said the following:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michal Varga varga.mic...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 11:43 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
Desktop support is lacking when compared to the other major OSes
(Windows, Mac and Linux).
Here too. How
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:38:54 -0500 Scot Hetzel wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at
1:17 PM, Mark Morley wrote:
Hi there,
I have a small backup server (8.2-STABLE). �It boots from ufs and has azfs
pool for backups that consists of 8 drives configured as 4 mirrored devices,
totally around 2.5
,--- Michal (Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:20:04 +0200) *
| There is also no Microsoft Windows Management Console for FreeBSD, does
| it make FreeBSD lacking, insufficient, or broken in some specific server
| area?
It's time to switch this char elsewhere, to -help, perhaps, no?
-- Alex --
On 29 March 2011 14:53, Michal Varga varga.mic...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
[Port building, mplayer/mencoder example w/o options]
Packages are build with the default ports options. These turn out to
be suitable for me, so I guess they are suitable for others, as well.
I never said that building from
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Andriy Gapon a...@freebsd.org wrote:
Strange. I followed some instructions that I googled up and it was like
install
these two ports and run that command and everything worked. And still
does :)
(I think that it was www/linux-f10-flashplugin10,
Quoth Andriy Gapon on Tuesday, 29 March 2011:
on 29/03/2011 19:43 Paul Schmehl said the following:
FreeBSD is first and foremost a server OS. Desktop support is lacking when
compared to the other major OSes (Windows, Mac and Linux). You can make it
work,
if you want to, but that's not
--On March 29, 2011 7:27:26 PM +0200 Michal Varga varga.mic...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 11:43 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
FreeBSD is first and foremost a server OS.
Could you support your claim with some examples, please?
Seriously? Visit Netcraft.
Desktop support is
Thanks for your thoughts on making the move from Linux to BSD. I'm not making
the move because I don't like Linux. Instead, I want to learn BSD. I find
that the best way to familiarize myself with a distro is to adopt it as my main
distro (for web browsing, email, word processing, etc.).
Quoth Adam Vande More on Tuesday, 29 March 2011:
I think a entry on people who are obsessed with collecting OS's warrants an
entry in the DSM IV.
Well, I probably warrant my own entry in the DSM IV (just ask my wife).
--
.o. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com
..o |
--On March 29, 2011 8:20:04 PM +0200 Michal Varga varga.mic...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 10:51 -0700, Matthew Fleming wrote:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michal Varga varga.mic...@gmail.com
wrote:
Here too. How is desktop support on FreeBSD lacking?
I realize a desktop
Michal Varga wrote:
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 10:51 -0700, Matthew Fleming wrote:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michal Vargavarga.mic...@gmail.com wrote:
Here too. How is desktop support on FreeBSD lacking?
I realize a desktop means many things to many people, but the
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.comwrote:
Go to Youtube and see if you can watch a video. Ubuntu does it out of the
box. FreeBSD only does it after you tweak and tweak and tweak and google
and google and google.
Or just follow the instructions. If people
All ip-activitiy, dns, ssh etc. on the interface (ip-address) that is
mounted. So whenever I test I log in to the server using the other
ip-address and whenever it stops responding to ping or my screen
session stops I reload the interfaces and the traffic resumes.
Are the two NICs the same
On 03/29/2011 12:37, Adam Vande More wrote:
Java is a different matter. Handbook should be updated to use the iced tea
plugin since the other java plugin doesn't work on new FF plus it's other
deficiencies.
It's been update for some time now. :)
Quoth Stephen Montgomery-Smith on Tuesday, 29 March 2011:
3. Whether or not the use wants the ability to install a proprietary
closed exploit-ridden hellhole depends upon what they want. If they
want to go to movie web sites and view the latest trailers complete with
all the flashy add
On 03/29/2011 12:32, Paul Schmehl wrote:
That's how silly your argument is. You can't do it, because FreeBSD
does not have a system-installed desktop. Even Xorg is a port.
It is in linux too, it's just that the various distros who focus on the
desktop have bundled it into the default
--On March 29, 2011 2:37:07 PM -0500 Adam Vande More
amvandem...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com
wrote:
Go to Youtube and see if you can watch a video. Ubuntu does it out of
the box. FreeBSD only does it after you tweak and tweak and
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.comwrote:
--On March 29, 2011 1:32:23 AM -0400 Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com
wrote:
...
4. What are the Linux Mint and Puppy Linux of the BSD universe? I
consider these two distros to set the standard in the Linux
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.comwrote:
Or just follow the instructions. If people really find that difficult
I'm not sure any OS is going to be the answer long term. If you do
enough computer use you'll have to follow instructions at some point.
--On March 29, 2011 3:20:48 PM -0500 Adam Vande More
amvandem...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Paul Schmehl
pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.comwrote:
Or just follow the instructions. If people really find that difficult
I'm not sure any OS is going to be the answer long term. If
On 03/29/2011 13:20, Adam Vande More wrote:
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Paul Schmehlpschmehl_li...@tx.rr.comwrote:
Or just follow the instructions. If people really find that difficult
I'm not sure any OS is going to be the answer long term. If you do
enough computer use you'll have to
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 09:37:34PM +0200, Claus Guttesen wrote:
All ip-activitiy, dns, ssh etc. on the interface (ip-address) that is
mounted. So whenever I test I log in to the server using the other
ip-address and whenever it stops responding to ping or my screen
session stops I reload
First I would recommend posting to the correct mailing list. Second I
would recommend as much googling as your fingers can stand. Third BSD !=
Linux and this has been discussed in depth in previous articles. Fourth
and foremost I would place a pretty good bet that Paris Hilton could setup
On 03/30/2011 06:16, Jason Hsu wrote:
[..]
So what do you recommend as my first desktop BSD distro?
PC-BSD. Seriously. You say you've got it already, so try it on real hardware
rather than inside virtualbox. I use PC-BSD 8.1 for both my home and work
desktops.
Try using PC-BSD's
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jason Hsu jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com wrote:
Thanks for your thoughts on making the move from Linux to BSD. I'm not
making the move because I don't like Linux. Instead, I want to learn BSD.
I find that the best way to familiarize myself with a distro is to adopt
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:17:01 +0200 Denny Schierz wrote:
DS hi,
DS my two nodes are running fine with 8.2-stable and the LSI 9200-8e and
DS now, I want to build a failover for the Zpool (and later ISCSI target)
DS Both nodes are connected to the same disks (jbod) and now I need a way,
DS
It's a supermicro server with dual igb-nics on the mainboard. I did
try other cables and other ports on the switch (hp procurve). I don't
have access to the server atm. but I'll get the chip-info in a day or
two. Both ip-addresses are on same subnet.
Speed is autonegotiated to 1 GB full
Hi Denny,
Although I haven't fully implemented this yet I was thinking of a failover
system
based on carp + ifstated (/usr/ports/net/ifstated).
ifstated will allow you to execute stuff on events like the carp interface
becoming the master/backup.
As a side note I'd suggest that you consider
On 29.03.2011 00:57, Clayton Milos wrote:
Hi Pawel
I'm running GELI encryption on a hardware RAID5 (8x1TB), formatted to
6.3T
usable space using i386 FreeBSD 7.3-PRERELEASE. Write speeds to the
drive
are just over 40MB/s which is not too bad but I would like to improve it
as
the drive gets
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 04:55:34PM -0400, J. Hellenthal wrote:
snip
I would place a pretty good bet that Paris Hilton could setup
and run a FreeBSD desktop.
/snip
What are you smoking? I want some. ;P
--
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Manager, UNIX Support Services
Datapipe Managed Global IT Services
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