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Skyer
May 12th, 2009, 20:35
Hello,
I would like to ask, if there is Blender (2.48 or newer) for FreeBSD.
Thanks for answer.
LateNiteTV
May 12th, 2009, 20:45
http://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=blender&num=10&stype=name&method=match&deleted=excludedeleted&start=1&casesensitivity=caseinsensitive
SirDice
May 13th, 2009, 07:59
graphics/blender
Skyer
May 13th, 2009, 14:11
OK, thanks much. Now i'm sure i will install FreeBSD on my computer.
SirDice
May 13th, 2009, 14:55
You do need OpenGL so having accelerated 3D helps. What videocard do you have?
Carpetsmoker
May 13th, 2009, 20:43
The port was often (semi-)broken or out of date ... Glad to see it has a different maintainer now ... I always had problems communicating with the old one. Hope this has improved now.
Skyer
May 14th, 2009, 20:08
Thanks, i have Nvidia 7300 GS but this week i'm going to get different (i think it'll be Ati Radeon 3300).
SirDice
May 14th, 2009, 20:13
I have an NVidia 7600GT, blender works perfectly with the binary nvidia drivers.
But for the binary nvidia drivers to work you will have to install fbsd-i386.

Unless you have more then 3GB of memory I recommend sticking to i386 anyway.
adamk
May 14th, 2009, 21:05
Thanks, i have Nvidia 7300 GS but this week i'm going to get different (i think it'll be Ati Radeon 3300).

FYI, there is no 3D acceleration for that GPU (Radeon 3300) under FreeBSD at the moment.

Hopefully in the next few months, but not yet.

Adam
Carpetsmoker
May 14th, 2009, 22:16
Geforece 5200FX works fine too, although rendering is a bit slow, editing works fine.