From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 18 10:16:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA09656 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:16:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA09649 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:16:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA18431; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:16:19 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:16:19 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Christopher.Abraham@cio.treas.gov cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ??? In-Reply-To: <85256571.005AF1FA.00@mail.cio.treas.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 18 Dec 1997 Christopher.Abraham@cio.treas.gov wrote: > Sir: > > Forgive my silly question, but I want to install x-windows onto my Toshiba > Sattelite Pro 405CS and currently have a 8M/780MB system. > > Why FreeBSD & not RedHat or Caldera? It's not a silly question. You might want ton consider going up to 16MB of RAM; 8MD with XWindows will be VERY slow. For a comparison of FreeBSD and some other popular free UN*X's, see: http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm > Cheers, > > Chris *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*