Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:38:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Cordula's Web <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: reddevil69@cox.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Platforms, OSes,etc. Message-ID: <20040612093808.E7D8040829@fw.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <000801c4500e$7687ec00$78136344@om.cox.net> (reddevil69@cox.net) References: <000801c4500e$7687ec00$78136344@om.cox.net>
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reddevil69@cox.net wrote: > Hi there. I have a question or two if you folks don't mind. I would > like to migrate to a better, more stable OS for surfing, making > music and data cd's as well as dvd's, and importing images ( vhs and > photo) to cd/dvd. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that > Windows is good for is my games, probably because I'm tired of all > the bs (crashes,bugs, holes etc.). I have a Gigabyte GA-7VM400M > motherboard with an Athelon XP 2400+ (Thorton). My question then is > this, What platform do I have (i386, pc98 ? ), and what OS would you > recommend for my purposes ( FreeBSD, Red Hat, SUSE?) irregardless of > brand names, and multi-boot setups are not a problem. Please respond > in non-geek english, and thank you very much for your assistance.. Welcome to FreeBSD! The platform for all Intel/AMD based PCs is i386. You may want to try FreeBSD 4.10. It is not only rock solid; it is also very easy to configure, once you get the hang of it :-) Please have a look at the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html to get an idea how the installation looks like and how to perform typical tasks. Feel free to ask more questions here. Cheers, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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