From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 28 12: 8:28 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 80E0D152B2 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:08:24 -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 PAA19567; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:07:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:07:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Pat Lynch X-Sender: lynch@bytor.rush.net To: J McKitrick 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 oops I signed this the wrong way, but folks who know me well will know why *blush* anyway.... I've been using my laptop from anything from getting the pictures off my digital camera, to a remote terminal, to a console for routers and sun boxes, to irc, to some work with gimp, the *only* thing I can't do is play mp3's (as Mike Smith will remember when we screwed with rtprio on my machine to get mp3's playing ok) its pretty much a remote workstation for me, although I'd prefer something faster so I can do *everything* I still love it. -Pat ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net lynch@bsdunix.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, J McKitrick wrote: > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message