Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 17:34:21 -0600 From: Tom <tsasser@terra.cl> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: used computers was: Re: Yahoo!!! Message-ID: <200305151734.21135.tsasser@terra.cl> In-Reply-To: <3EC3C9ED.5030003@cox.net> References: <20030514152545.21062.qmail@web40402.mail.yahoo.com> <3EC2CCD8.5060500@rogers.com> <3EC3C9ED.5030003@cox.net>
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last i saw, used compaq p233's w/ 32 mb ram and 1 to 2 gb hard drives and= a=20 cdrom were selling for $30, $20 without the drive. given what you have, = that=20 would make a nice little server. check around for some used state/county/city computers...they usually hav= e=20 them by the palletful somewhere. --tom On Thursday 15 May 2003 11:10, Jesus Cash wrote: > 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= =2E > >> 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 o= n > >> 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 lo= ve > >>>> 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 ou= t > >>>> 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 wa= s > > somewhat slow. A Pentium 120 with 48 MB runs KDE 3.0 quite well. Bu= t > > a NEC Versa LX laptop with 64 MB is impossibly slow - I suspect it ma= y > > be the disk speed. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"
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