Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:31:50 +0530 From: =?utf-8?B?4KSG4KS24KWA4KS3IOCktuClgeCkleCljeCksg==?= Ashish Shukla <wahjava.ml@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD or PCBSD? Message-ID: <20080118100150.GB17891@chateau.d.lf> In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0801180110v2e43ea2esc96393c4c3ca56f@mail.gmail.com> References: <94136a2c0801180110v2e43ea2esc96393c4c3ca56f@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] ,--[ On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:10:11AM +0100, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: | Hello, | | I have a basic Acer Aspire with Vista on it but I am very unhappy | about the speed of work on it. I do not want to wipe out MS system (at | least not yet) but would like to give FreeBSD or PCBSD a try. | | 1. Am I safe by installing FreeBSD alongside Vista? Will the | installation not destroy MS system? Yup you're safe. But make sure you've read FreeBSD Handbook[1] before proceeding to install. | 2. I have installed FreeBSD a few times but only with console access, | never with X windows. Would it be better to install PCBSD on the Acer | machine? I have never configured X windows and not sure how long it | could take with FreeBSD (actually I mean things like Gnome or KDE). No ideas about FreeBSD supporting your Acer box. Anyways, it won't be difficult configuring X in FreeBSD, but if you're new to FreeBSD, you can try PC-BSD. | 3. The wi-fi card is probably Acer InviLink 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. Any | chance such wireless card will be supported by FreeBSD or PCBSD? No ideas. | Which is a better solution for a home user? I never used PC-BSD so no comments. References: [1] - http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ HTH -- Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ ·-- ·- ···· ·--- ·- ···- ·- ·--·-· --· -- ·- ·· ·-·· ·-·-·- -·-· --- -- [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHkHkOHy+EEHYuXnQRAmd4AKDeetHmfy/b4Ik1RtRE8IcJdsTgLACfXEsf PZDtILyk+t4Iytn6nXdKRLM= =+vjA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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