From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 10 12:09:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD75816A400 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:09:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cptsalek@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4424813C48D for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:09:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cptsalek@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so1559589ugh for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:09:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bmuaF/pM2RP+ezyPg4/yfAyMbfXbtzswSXrlJZLjEW5vDOzs2C72DzcXh0neuoWeQ1fOc3+5N3LPTY5EDO/Yobfu4n/sVhws+Kp/juXNrUF/pCB05cOAuByZZpTIPQ4upJE8kqJ7qVA1ef0gaTu8apSN+8yOZHkGsLs6bLhQpWQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=rxox79+4FpU9QQfFOx3OL5h6FidztUNggjtYdQcL7Z2h2WLcxNSmI+0wKdlF7yA1mBUl4f+nQS63SL4+CcSTE7bZl7SYB/l3KrxGQXDgqLo9lxegRbY8s7/iUSZHevw8pvI2vttAZX34Y8JaYt+0CnUAYe1NdcE9b4vbKv5ZVZ4= Received: by 10.70.80.14 with SMTP id d14mr5347197wxb.1173528577613; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:09:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.14.15 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:09:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <14989d6e0703100409n17237b3t3653a4a44511f224@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:09:37 +0000 From: "Christian Walther" To: "Roofscum614@aol.com" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:09:41 -0000 On 10/03/07, Roofscum614@aol.com wrote: > hi i am doing a project for school: > > find an alternative operating system - one that will run my computer > without Windows being installed. The cheaper the better (Hint start your > search with the word "free"). Find out what the software does, what > applications it supports (e.g., will it run Microsoft Office), how much it > costs. > > > does your OS relate to this project? any help would be appreciated. > FreeBSD is great, just take some time to explore it and its possibilities. You might want to take a look at DesktopBSD, too. DesktopBSD is based on FreeBSD, but is geared towards Desktop users. The installer is different and you'll find many applications needed for everydays work preinstalled. You'll find information about DesktopBSD on http://www.desktopbsd.org > thank you > tom gunderman HTH Christian