Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 15:48:09 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "FreeBSD as a Desktop" heh, heh.... Message-ID: <3DC2F699.8050904@centtech.com> References: <01d501c281ef$436f7520$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable>
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Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. 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? > > 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? > > c. What should I put in the _____ > in the above question? I use FreeBSD as my desktop OS on my notebook and my desktop workstation. I have nvidia cards in both - which I wouldn't suggest for a "simple" xwindows install, since the nv drivers don't work with the newer cards. I had to use the linux ones. Matrox cards work fine, and are fast enough. I also use Fluxbox for a window manager - it's small, fast, and clean. It isn't all that "pretty" though. I use Netscape and Mozilla (and Opera (linux version)), and OpenOffice. Basically, there isn't much I can't do with this. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Beware the fury of a patient man. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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