From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 20 2: 2: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hq.admiral.ru (hq.admiral.ru [217.146.192.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF1F637B403 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 02:02:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from igor@mordor.admiral.ru) Received: from mordor.admiral.ru (ip147-192.admiral.ru [217.146.192.147] (may be forged)) by hq.admiral.ru (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA77797 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:02:04 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor@mordor.admiral.ru) Received: (from igor@localhost) by mordor.admiral.ru (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f5K7pqL05092 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:51:52 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:51:51 +0400 From: Igor Robul To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: pc suited? Message-ID: <20010620115151.A5073@mordor.admiral.ru> Reply-To: igorr@admiral.ru Mail-Followup-To: Igor Robul , "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" References: <630C591C6BAB244FBAE6F9DB35A6209724C5EC@EVS01.stpete.hsn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <630C591C6BAB244FBAE6F9DB35A6209724C5EC@EVS01.stpete.hsn.net>; from ClaudioA@hsn.net on Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 03:29:43AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 03:29:43AM -0400, Claudio, Anthony wrote: > how well suited is freebsd for home pc's . > can i place this on say a 380z thinkpad? > will it run well with this environment of hardware or is this as i suspect > better suited for servers and number crunching workstations? > my e-mail: groucho454@hotmail.com This depends on what applications you wish to use For example, if you do primary work in Microsoft Office and all your collegaus work in MS Office then FreeBSD is not for home PC. Also if you wish stable Flash, movies, all modern games then FreeBSD is not for you. But this does not mean that you can't exchange information with your friends who use MS Word for example. You, definitely, can read and even write documnets in MS Office formats, watch movies etc. You can create fun-styled text dcoments, use databses and spreadsheets. But this will take some initial timeline, and is not OutOfBox :-) -- Igor Roboul, Unix programmer @ Admiral Telecom ISP, St.Peterburg. Russia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message