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From: Scott Corey <scott@bsdprophet.org>
To: rene@xs4all.nl, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Libretto L2/5 + FreeBSD + X-Windows
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 06:54:16 -0500
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No problem to just use a ramdisk.

For software:
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html

For window managers:
http://www.plig.org/xwinman/

On Friday 09 August 2002 06:15 am, rene@xs4all.nl wrote:
> Hi.=20
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> I'll be making a long trip on my bike and want to bring a laptop +=20
solarpanel +
> GPS, to do some mobile computing (mainly using GPS and editing a websit=
e).
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> My platform will probably be a Libretto L2/5 with 512M RAM.
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> I'm wondering if it is possible to run selected freebsd apps=20
> (x-windows, bash, browser, GPS software) from a ramdisk.
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> However, since i've never stepped into the x-windows world, I'd like to=
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a
> basic idea of what email & browsing applications are available, a good
> feature & stability comparison of window managers, etc, etc.
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> Can you point me to some URLs?
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