From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Nov 2 12:20:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DA6C37B401 for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 12:20:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from pioneernet.net (mail.pioneernet.net [207.115.64.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D97043E7B for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 12:20:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from chipster.wiegand.org [66.114.152.128] by pioneernet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A37312D100B4; Sat, 02 Nov 2002 12:20:03 -0800 Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 11:20:42 -0800 From: chip wiegand To: "Arvinn Løkkebakken" Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'FreeBSD as a Desktop' heh, heh.... Message-Id: <20021102112042.735e007d.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <3712.217.118.33.65.1036251833.squirrel@everlast.whitebird.no> References: <01d501c281ef$436f7520$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> <3712.217.118.33.65.1036251833.squirrel@everlast.whitebird.no> Organization: Alternative Operating Systems X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.2claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:43:53 +0100 (CET) "Arvinn Løkkebakken" wrote: > > Greetings.... > > > > I don't want to revisit that controversial > > thread of some months ago, but I'm thinking > > of dedicating a disk to FreeBSD on a machine > > in my home...not as a server, but for browsing, > > word processing, mail reading, etc. > > > > a. Will a 475 Athlon be "horse" enough? Until last week, the last 4 years of so I've been running freebsd as my desktop, only os on the computer, on an old AMD K6-2/350 to do just what you mention above. No problems whatsoever. Now I've finally upgraded to a 1.33ghz machine, ,what a differance in speed! > > b. I've run FBSD on 3 servers for over > > a year now, what's my best bet for getting > > X and _____ up without stomping a hole > > in the floor? Install whatever you want through the ports system, then maintanance will be much easier. -- Chip W > > c. What should I put in the _____ > > in the above question? > > > > You should read this article: > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/09/05/FreeBSD_Basics.html > > It's good :) > > Arvinn > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message