From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jul 16 23:45:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA03960 for current-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:45:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line6.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.138]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA03948 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:45:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00462; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:45:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:45:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Domingo Siliceo cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinions? In-Reply-To: <199607160700.IAA17390@afrodita.adam.es> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Domingo Siliceo wrote: > I'm planning to switch one machine from NT to FreeBSD without any > special reason. What I'd like to know is your opinions. Is it hard to > configure a mode (US Robotics) under COM1 in order to connect with > our ISP? How many HD will I need to install XWindow system? Hooking the modem up should be a breeze if your ISP supports PPP. All you'll need to do is confirm the settings for ijppp in /etc/ppp.conf. Full instructions are in the Handbook. For X, you should have better than 50 megs free. A quick du on my system gives: gdi,ttyp1,/usr,29>du -sk X11R6 du: X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir: Permission denied 45628 X11R6 ^^^^^ 1k blocks. That is with Netscape and other X junk in there. I'm still trying to understand why people think they have to run NT. There are other options, like FreeBSD and OS/2. A lot cheaper and not made by Microsoft. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major