Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:32:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com> To: Ray Seals <rayseals@midwestis.com> Cc: Advocacy <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Dell & FreeBSD Message-ID: <XFMail.990423103249.nicole@nmhtech.com> In-Reply-To: <NBBBIGBEGKMGELCBGGOMGEAGCHAA.rayseals@midwestis.com>
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On 23-Apr-99 My Secret Spies Reported That Ray Seals wrote:
> I don't know if anyone is keeping a list of machines or brands that FreeB=
SD
> works well with but here is one for the list. Last night a pulled a bran=
d
> spanking new Dell Dimension V400 out of the box. This machine is a 400MH=
z
> PII with 128 megs of RAM and 6 Gig IDE Hard drive. It has a built in ATI
> Rage 3D card and a 3Com PCI 10/100 Ethernet controller.
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> While I have never really had problems installing FreeBSD on a machine I
> always seem to have issues with XFree86. It usually involves the video
> card. Let me tell you, this was so easy I had to write this email. I ha=
d a
> fully function workstation in about 1 hour flat.
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> Color me a happy camper.
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> Ray Seals
Yes, we have several in our NOC as Xwindows machines and they Rock. The
networking almost seems faster somehow too. I don't know if it is becouse o=
f
the built in ethernet card or not.
Nicole
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