Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 12:10:05 -0500 From: Jesus Cash <jesuscash@cox.net> To: mj001 <mj001@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yahoo!!! Message-ID: <3EC3C9ED.5030003@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <3EC2CCD8.5060500@rogers.com> References: <20030514152545.21062.qmail@web40402.mail.yahoo.com> <3EC285B2.3000305@cox.net> <3EC2CCD8.5060500@rogers.com>
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P100, 16 megs of RAM. However if I wanted to shell out 75 dollars I could probably get the 32 meg upgrade available for it. -B mj001 wrote: > Jesus Cash wrote: > >> Mandrake was my Linux as choice as well. I totally see what you mean. >> These major distros are getting to be just like MS. Proprietary and >> bloated. I've mentioned this before, but I tried install Red Hat 9 on >> my dinky laptop, thinking I could just strip it down to basics. Nope, >> just said your computer is crap and can't install Red Hat 9. Once I >> can get some working floppies (mine all crapped out when I carried >> them unprotected in my laptop bag) I'll install FreeBSD on it. Maybe >> I'll try my hand at loading OS/2 (I'm a little worried about trying >> to run XFree86 or any desktop on it). >> >> -B >> >> RexFelis wrote: >> >>> Here's another example why I use FreeBSD now... >>> >>> Why does it have to be such a hassle for me to >>> install a single program that I need under Linux? >>> I was trying to make custom recorded audio CDs >>> (not music CDs), like I used to in Win98 using >>> Voyetra's software. I looked around and found >>> Audacity. It looked good... but Linux Mandrake >>> made me crazy with dependencies. FreeBSD just >>> downloaded and installed them. 3.5 days of >>> frustration in Linux, 35 minutes of surfing the >>> web while the program was downloaded, patched, >>> custom compiled and installed on FreeBSD. >>> >>> Linux seems to be heading in a couple of >>> directions I disagree with. Dependency hell >>> whenever you try to do what YOU want to do is one >>> of them. (Mandrake works great as long as you >>> only use Mandrake-prepackaged software.) The >>> other is the growing commercialization of the >>> major distros. I don't want shareholders telling >>> me how to run my computer! >>> >>> I agree with JC, FreeBSD is fun. I was having >>> fun with Linux, until I realized what fun really >>> is. :) Freedom is always more fun. >>> >>> Shannon >>> >>> --- Jesus Cash <jesuscash@cox.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I'm pretty much in the same boat as Shannon >>>> here. Maybe not as advanced in Linux, but there was just something >>>> in Linux >>>> that I felt was off. I've been telling people I've never said I love >>>> an OS before, but I love FreeBSD. >>>> >>>> As for learning curve? What learning curve? :P >>>> I pretty much just threw myself in and have been figuring stuff out >>>> for >>>> myself. Most importantly, it's been a FUN learning experience. >>>> >>>> -B >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __________________________________ >>> Do you Yahoo!? >>> The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >>> http://search.yahoo.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > How big is your laptop? I used to run FreeBSD and X-Windows (but not > KDE or GNOME) on a 486DX33 (non-laptop) with 20MB. It worked, but was > somewhat slow. A Pentium 120 with 48 MB runs KDE 3.0 quite well. But > a NEC Versa LX laptop with 64 MB is impossibly slow - I suspect it may > be the disk speed. > >
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