Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:43:40 -0500 (CDT) From: <nitebirdz@coimbra.oss.uswest.net> To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Cc: theoea@pacbell.net, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re using a 486 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006011041120.18715-100000@coimbra.oss.uswest.net> In-Reply-To: <035f01bfca4a$236ed540$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER>
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On Wed, 31 May 2000, Doug Young wrote: > Who needs X on a gateway box ?? > > As far as I remember, he said this would be an "Internet appliance" which is not the same as a gateway... unless he did not express himself correctly. An "Internet appliance" is a box that provides you access to the Internet so you can browse, send and receive email, and nothing else. In other words, it doesn't include any other application such as a word processor, graphics editors, etc. If all he needs is to set up a router, proxy, gateway, etc. then even a 386 would do. Hed may even consider picoBSD then (I believe that is the name of the FreeBSD for embedded devices). -- Nitebirdz http://www.linuxnovice.org Tips, articles, news, links... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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