Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 07:52:06 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hardware requirements Message-ID: <20020207065206.GD7234@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <3C6223C6.4077E8EB@olsztyn.tpsa.pl> References: <3C6223C6.4077E8EB@olsztyn.tpsa.pl>
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On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 07:50:46AM +0100, Piotr Kryszk wrote: > Dear Sir, > > Is it possible to install (and use, of course): > FreeBSD Yes, easily. > X Windows Just about, but it will run very slowly. > Netscape (or the other browser) Netscape eats memory for breakfast. > on the computer Pentium133, 32MB RAM > In short, FreeBSD will run just tickety boo. X11 really needs 64MB these days to be nice to use, and the CPU is a bit underpowered. Netscape..well, see comment above. In console mode there are browsers like lynx available, but they will seem very primitive to you if you are used to Netscape/Explorer etc but they can be used reasonably well on many sites, if you can do without the crud :) ... -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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