Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 19:16:06 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Patricia Earlene Record" <recorde@kirtland.cc.mi.us> Subject: Re: os Message-ID: <573YVHTORPLKXWICHCVRQMXTURO0.3d4b12b6@sparky> In-Reply-To: <001501c23a7d$c4331400$38976fc6@momsputer>
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8/2/2002 7:38:51 PM, "Patricia Earlene Record" <recorde@kirtland.cc.mi.us> wrote: > > > From: "Patricia Earlene Record" <recorde@kirtland.cc.mi.us> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Subject:os > Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:38:51 -0700 > > > > I was wondering. I am a single mother of three trying to find a new > operating system for my laptop to free up my computer for my children. > > However, i am unable to purchase operating software because it is just to > > expensive and i cant afford to. I was reading your web site and was > wondering if you had a free version of this on 3.5 floppy disks. My laptop > > only has floppy. if you could help please let me know. Thanks Earlene Other folks have already told you where to look for the installation instructions. Here are a couple of other points: 1. This is *way* different than any Windows operating system you may have used. Get an idea whether it's compatible with your laptop hardware here: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.6R/hardware-i386.html Studying not only the install stuff, but also tutorials on FreeBSD and Unix, is a good idea. Searching Google Groups for answers to specific questions you may have will be helpful. Also, http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15 has links to helpful articles about things like getting your desktop started and connecting to the Internet. 2. Think of time spent learning as replacing money with FreeBSD. As long as you're willing to learn, not only the OS but more than 7,000 applications - Web, music, word processing, graphic arts, etc. - are open to you for free. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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