Portsnap vs CSup

Wojciech Puchar wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Fri Mar 20 08:48:53 PDT 2009


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> compiling the kernel on that could take several days by itself let alone compiling X and then a thick GUI like KDE or GNOME. amazing that a 100MHz system with 48 megs of ram can still run so fast if you build it right.
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for sure not KDE, but X and FreeBSD itself with good software running on 
it works FAST on 100Mhz machine with 48MB RAM.

Yes compiling is slow, but normal usage is FAST.




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