[Info-vax] Don't worry, HP's project Moonshot will save us

[Paul Sture]

In article <51649a55$0$6345$e4fe514c at dreader35.news.xs4all.nl>,
 MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:

> The overall Linux power management capabilities are poor, this is
> hardly a secret either.  That largely kills the experience on the
> laptop/notebook, well, for me anyway.
> 
> As a matter of fact, even some big name Linux developers/contributors
> have been critical about this, even fairly recently.  (Remember, for
> instance, that article that was shared here, a while back, about the
> co-founder/creator of GNOME that spoke out?)
> 
> I run Linux Mint x86-64 on an older Acer 5536.  It barely works, it
> feels more like a 'poorly cooled computer with a low-grade UPS'.
> I'm actually going to try FreeBSD on it soon, since I can then at
> least also use interesting things like ZFS and the "jails".

FWIW the recommendations I have come across for ZFS say 4GB and 
preferably 8GB minimum RAM.  If you have less RAM don't be surprised
if ZFS is slow.

-- 
Paul Sture