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To: "Domingo Siliceo" <dsiliceo@adam.es>
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Subject: Re: Opinions? 
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From: David Greenman <davidg@root.com>
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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:21:28 -0700
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>first of all, if this is not the list for such a posting please get 
>my apologies; second, it is not my intention to begin a SO war, I 
>*only* want some opinions.

   freebsd-questions is the correct list.

>I'm planning to switch one machine from NT to FreeBSD without any 
>special reason. What I'd like to know is your opinions. Is it hard to 
>configure a mode (US Robotics) under COM1 in order to connect with 
>our ISP? How many HD will I need to install XWindow system?

   It's not difficult to set up. FreeBSD+X11 takes about 100MB, but you'll
want more space for other freeware utilities and for your own files. I'd
recommend about 200MB minimum.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project