From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 21:28:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C16FC16A4CE for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:28:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 619ED43D41 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:28:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 26691 invoked by uid 505); 21 Jan 2004 05:34:18 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:SA:0(0.0/5.0):. Processed in 0.253005 secs); 21 Jan 2004 05:34:18 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 21 Jan 2004 05:34:18 -0000 Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 06:32:42 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: Jonathon McKitrick In-Reply-To: <20040120223640.GB39542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Message-ID: <20040121053335.W825@pukruppa.net> References: <20040120223640.GB39542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 05:28:50 -0000 On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > Hi all, > > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very much > since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying to think of > something interesting to do with it now. I don't really need a separate > firewall, and it doesn't make sense to use it as a fileserver. With a ppp > connection, it couldn't easily be a webserver either. > > Any ideas on something interesting to use it for? Maybe some kind of > learning experience? Can you run a basic X-Windows system on it? Uli. > NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. > > jm > -- > My other computer is your windows box. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+