A few years ago I built a new system for FreeBSD and it worked pretty well at the time. You can see that here:
Unfortunately since then I have run into some problems that have gotten worse and worse until I can't use the computer any more. I can sum them up as two major problems. Konqueror SMB/Samba performance and high memory usage.
1. Konqueror SMB/Samba performance
Browsing through samba shares has always stuttered more than an average computer and file transfers with every FreeBSD computer I have ever used has been slower than Windows or Linux. Now it has degraded to the point that Konqueror is nonresponsive while scrolling through shares and file transfers are as slow as the very first computers or around 500 bytes/sec. The only solution I can see is a complete OS reinstall Windows 95 style. As I have said before, even the earliest computers in history are faster than this.
2. High memory usage
The system in question has 8GB RAM. I can only open 2 or 3 tabs in the browser at most before running out of memory. I kind of need a computer that will run at least 15 tabs open and when the browser crashes it will actually restore what I had open before. No such luck on this system. The only solution I can see is upgrading to a computer with at least 64 GB RAM so that I can have about 10 tabs open successfully. My Windows 8 HP Stream tablet will open 15 tabs no problem and it has only 1 GB RAM!
I have another new computer ready to go to replace this one but I think things like slow samba performance will remain. Additionally, this is a very low powered computer in the 10-15 watt range while the replacement computer is more in the 20-60 watt range. I feel that I am going to do a lot of work to transition to a new system only to have one marginally faster and more reliable. I am definitely at a kind of low point with FreeBSD right now.
Freebsd-supported x86 SBC with 8+GB RAM/HDMI/SATA and 10 watts or less power usage?
I am in the process of a computer network refurbishment and it is time to replace my laptop for good this time. For completeness here is a list of problems I have with it: 1. Running FreeBSD 10 and I can't seem to upgrade Firefox without upgrading the OS 2. Has trouble scrolling with a single...
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Unfortunately since then I have run into some problems that have gotten worse and worse until I can't use the computer any more. I can sum them up as two major problems. Konqueror SMB/Samba performance and high memory usage.
1. Konqueror SMB/Samba performance
Browsing through samba shares has always stuttered more than an average computer and file transfers with every FreeBSD computer I have ever used has been slower than Windows or Linux. Now it has degraded to the point that Konqueror is nonresponsive while scrolling through shares and file transfers are as slow as the very first computers or around 500 bytes/sec. The only solution I can see is a complete OS reinstall Windows 95 style. As I have said before, even the earliest computers in history are faster than this.
2. High memory usage
The system in question has 8GB RAM. I can only open 2 or 3 tabs in the browser at most before running out of memory. I kind of need a computer that will run at least 15 tabs open and when the browser crashes it will actually restore what I had open before. No such luck on this system. The only solution I can see is upgrading to a computer with at least 64 GB RAM so that I can have about 10 tabs open successfully. My Windows 8 HP Stream tablet will open 15 tabs no problem and it has only 1 GB RAM!
I have another new computer ready to go to replace this one but I think things like slow samba performance will remain. Additionally, this is a very low powered computer in the 10-15 watt range while the replacement computer is more in the 20-60 watt range. I feel that I am going to do a lot of work to transition to a new system only to have one marginally faster and more reliable. I am definitely at a kind of low point with FreeBSD right now.