NextSTEP for an old Quadra/Centris — #9

Post #9 by ChristTrekker

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	68k
Post Date	Thu, 9 Oct 2008 - 14:36
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/nextstep-for-an-old-quadra-centris.15145/

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My (limited) experience with NetBSD on my Quadra 700 tells me that the limiting factor is the hard drive. Untarring is slow. Moving files is slow. X isn't that bad though. Moving windows about and such is actually OK. It's not going to run Firefox, of course, but a text editor and an xterm or two will be fine.

My experience with NetBSD is that disk speed isn't so bad, unless it's an AV model, in which case the speed is abysmal.

I agree that X isn't so bad, with a light WM (I'm fond of Blackbox) and basic apps.