From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 21 12:43: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (ip-46-094.guate.net [200.12.46.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A036151DB for ; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:42:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obonilla@voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu) Received: (from obonilla@localhost) by voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (8.9.3/8.9.2) id NAA01736; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:45:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from obonilla) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:45:14 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla To: Diego Baz Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another inquiry... Message-ID: <19990421134514.B1694@fisicc-ufm.edu> References: <9A75E4B6D1DCD1119F6F0060975EABE70512FA63@pascamail-2.beach.citysearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <9A75E4B6D1DCD1119F6F0060975EABE70512FA63@pascamail-2.beach.citysearch.com>; from Diego Baz on Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 11:49:44AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG uhh? i guess you replied to the wrong person or replied the wrong email or something. i'll try to answer anyway. On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 11:49:44AM -0700, Diego Baz wrote: > Will FreeBSD run on a 486SX system running at 33Mhz with 4 - and only 4 - > megs of RAM? > not the newest version. you might get an old version to run. > If so, what do you mean I'll need 5 megs of RAM to install it? Where am I > supposed to get an extra meg of RAM just for the installation? Doesn't that > mean you need at least 5 megs of RAM, period? > no, the installation uses more ram than the normal operation. i used to "borrow" a meg from a friend or someone with a similar computer and then give it back, after the installation. > I realize you must be flooded with e-mails on a daily basis, but any info > you could provide re: my inquiry would be greatly appreciated. > it works better if you cc the list. that way if the person you're talking to doesn't know the answer maybe someone else will. > Thank you for your attention and anticipated reply. > > DIEGO BAZ­® > ˇVIVA BIG BUSINESS! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oscar Bonilla [mailto:obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 11:45 AM > To: Diego Baz > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Another inquiry... > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 10:39:28AM -0700, Diego Baz wrote: > > Sorry to bother you again, but I was wondering: once I install and setup > > FreeBSD, what software do I use for: > >   > > word processing? > > WordPerfect, StarOffice are like MS Office. > I prefer to use LaTeX. > > > e-mail? > > I like mutt, but there are tons of email clients in /usr/ports/mail > > > accounting? > > hmm? don't know what you mean... if it's something like a spreadsheet then > check /usr/ports/math > > > surfing the Web? > > netscape, lynx. check out /usr/ports/www > > >   > > Also, where would I get this software? I mean, do they sell this kind of > > thing at CompUSA or Best Buy? Or would I have to buy it off the Web? > >   > > all you have to do is find the software you want and do a make install, > for instance... if you want netscape communicator 4.5: > > # cd /usr/ports/www/netscape45-communicator > # make install > > after that you'll have netscape installed. > > > Again, any information you could provide in reply would be tremendously > > appreciated. > > regards, > > -oscar > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message