Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:10:13 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop? Message-ID: <20040123051013.GE21510@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <20040123002959.GB429@moo.holy.cow> References: <20040120223640.GB39542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20040122000617.GC392@moo.holy.cow> <20040122193832.GB55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20040123002959.GB429@moo.holy.cow>
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--0QFb0wBpEddLcDHQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:29:59PM -0500, parv wrote: > in message <20040122193832.GB55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, > wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 07:06:17PM -0500, parv wrote: > > : in message <20040120223640.GB39542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, > > : wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > > : > > > : > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very > > : > much since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying > > : > to think of something interesting to do with it now. > > : >=20 > > : > Any ideas on something interesting to use it for? Maybe some kind > > : > of learning experience? > > :=20 > > : Try to run (Free|Net)BSD-current? Or even, Sun Solaris 2.9? > >=20 > > Solaris? That might be interesting. You can order Solaris for x86 on = CD > > free from Sun, correct? >=20 > I know one could order Solaris CD but do not know if it the CD would > be sent (almost) free of cost. >=20 > Does Sun not provide a free downloadable OS image/binary? >=20 Yes, I have Solaris 9 fully downloaded for x86, but there are some buy only add-ons they recommend. I believe the free part should give you a full gnome desktop along with other software, but I haven't had a chance to install it and try it out. >=20 > > Does it work pretty well with laptop hardware? >=20 > To tell you the truth, i listed the operating systems that i would > like to try out myself, but for (disk) space, thus financial > reasons, cannot. I was hoping perhaps you could try them out, and > would let me/us know how other OS's behave... >=20 I'll tell you how it goes, but after using solaris 2.5, I think I'll stick with free unices. >=20 > - Parv >=20 > --=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 >=20 > !DSPAM:40106d2b171581264267948! >=20 --=20 I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C =20 --0QFb0wBpEddLcDHQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAEKy1+vN6RuSjKAwRAvNRAJ95qSNWrWvFk/y2N4MlcbloAK34SACgr1QB My8tAi6VdAPgNjJJyHkDCNI= =Vn1Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0QFb0wBpEddLcDHQ--
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