From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 28 12: 2:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B4A3152AC for ; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:02:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 11guoL-0004Id-00; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:02:09 +0100 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA99749; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:02:09 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:02:09 +0100 (BST) From: J McKitrick To: Pat Lynch Cc: kfurge@worldnet.att.net, 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 On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Pat Lynch wrote: >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 Oh yeah? What else do you use it for? >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