Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 11:20:42 -0800 From: chip wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> To: "Arvinn Løkkebakken" <arvinn@whitebird.no> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'FreeBSD as a Desktop' heh, heh.... Message-ID: <20021102112042.735e007d.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <3712.217.118.33.65.1036251833.squirrel@everlast.whitebird.no> References: <01d501c281ef$436f7520$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> <3712.217.118.33.65.1036251833.squirrel@everlast.whitebird.no>
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On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:43:53 +0100 (CET) "Arvinn Løkkebakken" <arvinn@whitebird.no> wrote: > > Greetings.... > > > > I don't want to revisit that controversial > > thread of some months ago, but I'm thinking > > of dedicating a disk to FreeBSD on a machine > > in my home...not as a server, but for browsing, > > word processing, mail reading, etc. > > > > a. Will a 475 Athlon be "horse" enough? Until last week, the last 4 years of so I've been running freebsd as my desktop, only os on the computer, on an old AMD K6-2/350 to do just what you mention above. No problems whatsoever. Now I've finally upgraded to a 1.33ghz machine, ,what a differance in speed! > > b. I've run FBSD on 3 servers for over > > a year now, what's my best bet for getting > > X and _____ up without stomping a hole > > in the floor? Install whatever you want through the ports system, then maintanance will be much easier. -- Chip W > > c. What should I put in the _____ > > in the above question? > > > > You should read this article: > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/09/05/FreeBSD_Basics.html > > It's good :) > > Arvinn > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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