If you're using x86 type hardware, FreeBSD is probably
you're best choice. It has very good hardware support, an
abundance of software and an excllent linux compatibility
layer as well.
Actually, FreeBSD runs quite nicely on a number of different
architectures. I'm running the amd64 version here myself.
Aside from AMD64 not being significantly different from x86 in
terms of basic architecture (mentioned elsewhere), 2 platforms
does not make a highly portable OS.
FreeBSD, for instance, leaves my sun4m out in the dark, while
OpenBSD makes it a productive (if not high-volume) server once
more.
OTOH, my alpha liked FreeBSD very much. God rest its CPU core.
Re: sched_ule performance on single CPU ... SCHED_ULE and FreeBSD 7.0 on ... At this very moment I use a private AMD64 box, ...CPU 3500+ at 2,2 ... waiter (in computing, the CPU) to serve. ... (freebsd-stable)
Re: [moderator] server upgrade ... from the current Pentium-II 300MHz server it runs on to an AMD64. ...FreeBSD will be jumping from 4.x to 6.x. ... but the AMD64 support in 6.0-STABLE seems ... (talk.origins)
Re: AMD64 Desktop Support ...Flash - The 32 bit Linux binary of Flash 7 works in linux-firefox or ... the i386 version of FreeBSD, although I've found it to be somewhat ... I have not tested it on my amd64 one (I just use ... since I have a decent video card, but the Flash and Java I don't really ... (freebsd-questions)
FreeBSD on AMD64 3000+ - amd64 or i386 version of FreeBSD? ...motherboard comes back from it's RMA. ... I have an AMD64 3000+ processor. ... the amd64 version of FreeBSD.... FreeBSD for my hardware for FreeBSD 5.4. ... (comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc)
FreeBSD on AMD64 3000+ - amd64 or i386 version of FreeBSD? ...motherboard comes back from it's RMA. ... I have an AMD64 3000+ processor. ... the amd64 version of FreeBSD.... FreeBSD for my hardware for FreeBSD 5.4. ... (freebsd-questions)
