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I can compile KDE no problem, but I'm curious as to what options people check, and what dependencies people choose to install, what KDE applications people install or don't install. I want a good, all-purpose KDE without a ridiculous amount of dependencies and junk. Do I really need a lot of...

I've been considering installing FreeBSD 10 on my ThinkPad, as it is Beta 2, and reasonably stable now (so I've heard.) Impressions, problems? But I do want to know a few things first; Does pkgng work yet (repos available?) Does anything not compile with Clang (base system, basic...

I might also add that FreeBSD is a wonderful OS (keep up the good work devs!). I promote it to my customers whenever I can, provided it works for the purpose that the customer desires (it makes the best web servers on the planet!). I don't think that it is a magic bullet, I don't flame other...

I have often asked the question, FreeBSD is wonderful, but where do I go with it? I am a victim of Linux distro hell, as I have installed almost everything worth installing (and many things not), and still find myself wanting more (or less.) I keep coming back to FreeBSD or Gentoo. But I really...

The biggest difference for me is the fact that FreeBSD actually works as intended for me most of the time, and when it doesn't, there is actually a man page or some documentation there to help you. I'm not flaming Linux here, I'm just stating my opinion that BSD is much easier to...

The best feature of FreeBSD is the fact that it can be used for almost anything, and the BSD license allows this. The documentation and the community are wonderful as well.

RackSpace.com is great and often costs less than physical hardware depending on the usage. And you don't have to maintain the hardware!

There are so many uses for random things that you wouldn't normally re-use, failed hard drives have strong magnets that will hold anything up on a fridge, SCSI hard drives and RAID cards are cheap nowadays and make great upgrades for older desktops, old PIII boxes and wireless cards make great...

How many of you guys out there recycle old servers (or whatever else) as desktops? The hardware quality is miles ahead of most consumer-grade desktops, but when you use something for a purpose that it wasn't intended, it can be a rocky road to travel. But the results can be very interesting...

I have had a basic FreeBSD setup with Xfce4 running on a V880 (2x 750 Ultrasparc IIIs.) Worked quite well provided you tweak X a little. The real problem with FreeBSD on Sparc right now is the lack of software (like web browsers and X apps) that compile and run on Sparc platforms. But on...

I had a kvm that kept changing screens on me at very random times, it may happen once a day, or once a minute, who knows? Led to some really weird "WTF" moments. On one longer than usual workday, at the point that I realized the server fans were drilling into my brain, I kicked the monitor...

Apparently I'm using a rather old monitor and Xorg isn't detecting it properly. Maybe I can use cvt and add the modelines manually? Or maybe just try a different, newer monitor?

I have two PowerEdge 2900s with ATI es1000 chips in them. X starts and runs well. But... I have tried almost everything to get the resolution above 1024x768. No luck. I remember with the old Rage XL cards you had to add the "reference clock" option to xorg.conf to allow for X to start and...

I have been wondering about an old Panasonic ToughBook I have. It's a p3 600 with a 12gb hdd and 256mb of RAM. But it is built like a tank, and worth the attempt. I thought about using my Phenom X4 powered desktop running i386 FreeBSD in Virtualbox (Windows 7) to set up a package repo for...

If the code is crap, aggressive compiler flags will just make it worse. If the code is clean, and well-written, you shouldn't need extra flags anyway. There is no "magic bullet." But sometimes it is fun to see what happens! That's the point of hacking, right? When you have old hardware...

I have used bfs on an old p4 machine and I can tell a very obvious difference in responsiveness, but not in speed. For older, single-core hardware, I tend to believe that it does indeed help, especially under heavy load. You can sacrifice some speed for less latency, and so on. When used in...

I have to gree with UNIXGOD, optimized to the point of failure is pointless, as most people want a system that works, rather than bragging rights. You could build a car around an 18 cylinder locomotive engine, but it won't be very fast, just really large, heavy, and fuel thirsty. You probably...

I was just excited about reusing hardware like this. I wanted for people to have some fun. I've even seen old laptops made into things like media-servers, web servers, and even little gaming toys with emulators and lots of ROMs. I also thought it would be cool to "have your old laptop back" in...

What about something like Fluxbox, but with all of the LXDE apps? Or Windowmaker and the Xfce4 apps? I like kde3, but it's dying a horrible, slow death now, so hopefully someone will port Trinity to FreeBSD to replace it, as Trinity is everything I loved about kde3, but useable and stable. I've...

Blackbox is really light, good idea. Blackbox can even look cool when you add a tint2 panel and a cool conky setup. I have never found a good solution for menus in these light window managers though. Other than manually editing the config file. This is what steers me away from most of the...