From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 28 11:59:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from bytor.rush.net (bytor.rush.net [209.45.245.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9A2114F17 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:59:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lynch@bsdunix.net) Received: from localhost (lynch@localhost) by bytor.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA19465; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:56:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:56:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Pat Lynch X-Sender: lynch@bytor.rush.net To: kfurge@worldnet.att.net Cc: J McKitrick , freebsd-chat Subject: Re: ok, let's get things interesting here... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org yah I love my freebsd laptop, I mean its only a p90, 24M of RAM, but it gets much more use than just web surfing, and its a hell of alot faster than the same laptop that my friend has with windows =) -Trish ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net lynch@bsdunix.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 kfurge@worldnet.att.net wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, J McKitrick wrote: > > > Has anyone else out there been happy with a FBSD laptop workstation with > > dialup internet connection? > > Sure. My favorite machine is my laptop running FreeBSD. With PAO, > FreeBSD supports nearly every feature my laptop has to offer. > Suspend/resume, pcmcia ethernet/56k modem, integrated mouse (fingerpad), > battery stats, etc... > > > I've been looking for a stable editor that reads/writes Word docs but i > > haven't found one i'm happy with. > > IMHO, the phrases "Word docs" and "stable editor" are mutually exclusive. > Full compatibility with word requires lots of bloat. Of the ones I've > tried, I'd have to recommend StarOffice. Better have lots of ram in that > laptop! > > > So far, i feel like i'm only using FBSD like an iMac, to surf the web. > > You're not alone! > > - K.C. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message