Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 17:55:40 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Daniel" <dguevel@infovia.com.ar> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: size Message-ID: <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHEEGCCBAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.0.20000603000029.00be2670@mail.infovia.com.ar>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel [mailto:dguevel@infovia.com.ar] > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:18 PM > To: Josh Paetzel > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: size > > > > Hi > > Thanks to all for the explanation. > > I visited the page about ports and it looks like there is a huge > number of > applications to use. Although, it seems FreeBSD requieres a bit more > knowledge than windows. > I don't know about THAT, but if you are stuck you're probably not going to point and click your way out, that's for sure. :) > Have you ever compared windows (definetively too much resources > consuming), > linux, FreeBeOS (i do not remember if tis one is open source, I > guess not) > to FreeBSD? > I wouldn't say that windows is any more of a resource hog than anything else under some conditions. Win98 is not the most stable OS in the world, but I have had good luck with it compared to win95 and win3.11 I have a lowly PII 350 with 160 megs of ram and an ATI Rage Fury MAXX video card and win98 flies right along while using a small percentage of my resources. FreeBSD 4.0 thinks this system is pretty cool as well, although I haven't played with any of the accelerated servers under X to see if my video card is supported. (I suspect it is not) Meanwhile, my 486DX2-66 with 12 megs of ram is painful to use with either win98 or FreeBSD 3.4. Both OS's dig deep into swap just sitting there. The point is this: resource hog is a relative thing. If you have lots of resources, who cares if the OS eats em up? That's what they are there for. Let's face it. The days of programmers having years to learn and massage the last ounce of performance out of a hardware platform ie the commidore 64 are over. Anyways....I like win98 for desktop stuff. Easy to set up. Easy to learn. My wife doesn't have to ask me questions everytime she tries to use the computer. All my odd hardware is supported. I like Unix for server stuff....ie my router and DNS for my home network along with my webserver all run on FreeBSD. Linux is ok, but have you ever tried to make a custom kernel under Linux? Not to mention the documentation for Linux...there's a lot of it, but so much of it is wrong. What in the world is FreeBeos? Josh > Best, > > Daniel > > > At 09:32 p.m. 02/06/00 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Daniel > > > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:44 PM > > > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: size > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I would like to know how much HD space will I need to install > > > freeBSD. I am > > > considering trying freeBSD in a PC with windows98. > > > > > > >How much size you need depends on how much you are going to > install. I have > >three boxes with FreeBSD on them. My pathetic 386 runs Freebsd > 2.1.5 off of > >a 60 meg hard drive. Not much on the system, though. Basically just a > >terminal. My gimpy 486 runs FreeBSD 3.4 on a 425 meg drive. > That box has > >kernel sources and X on it. It also is running DNS and Apache > for my home > >network. My real computer has a 2 gig partition on it for > FreeBSD 4.0 and > >spending too much time in the ports collection is making me wish > I had left > >more space for FreeBSD. > > > > > Where can I find a list of compatible freeare applications?. > > > > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ > > > >Here you will find what for me is one of the best things about > >FreeBSD...other than the fact that it's one of the best operating systems > >for a PC there is. :) > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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