Re: Remote development with neovim, tmux and SSH from macOS?

On Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 01:07, Lexi Winter <lexi@le-fay.org> wrote:

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> 

> Doug Hardie:
> 

> > [...] I have run FreeBSD 13 on a M1 Mini for awhile to test it out. I
> > have recently been using Raspberry Pi 4s as they are cheaper, smaller,
> > and use less power. They are a bit slower for disk access, but
> > otherwise just as powerful.
> 

> 

> i have to say, having used both an M1 Mac Mini and a few RPis for
> several months now, this doesn't match my experience at all. the RPi4
> is certainly pretty decent, especially for what it costs, but the CPU
> performance of even the base M1 Mac Mini is so far ahead of the RPi4's
> that there's really no comparison.
> 

> i've done plenty of desktop development work on an M1 Mac (mostly C++
> and C# projects) and while the performance of the base model isn't
> amazing, it's perfectly usable. on the RPi, on the other hand, i find
> the CPU is too slow to even compile ports usefully[0].
> 

> i only mention this because i wouldn't want someone to disregard the
> idea of using an M1 (or later) Mac for FreeBSD simply because they found
> the RPi too slow--they really have very little in common other than
> using the same ISA.
> 

> regards, lexi.
> 

> [0] yes, i did enable powerd.

I'm planning on upgrading my M1 Max Mac Studio and get an M3 Ultra Mac Studio instead. That should have a massive on speed.

Also I'd love some RPi 5's but I really have any space of them. That is why I like the Mac Studio because it is nice and small.

Simon.