Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:16:19 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Christopher.Abraham@cio.treas.gov Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ??? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971218121459.15979J-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <85256571.005AF1FA.00@mail.cio.treas.gov>
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On Thu, 18 Dec 1997 Christopher.Abraham@cio.treas.gov wrote: > Sir: > > Forgive my silly question, but I want to install x-windows onto my Toshiba > Sattelite Pro 405CS and currently have a 8M/780MB system. > > Why FreeBSD & not RedHat or Caldera? It's not a silly question. You might want ton consider going up to 16MB of RAM; 8MD with XWindows will be VERY slow. For a comparison of FreeBSD and some other popular free UN*X's, see: http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm > Cheers, > > Chris *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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