From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 09:39:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D0716A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:39:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9A943D31 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:39:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D8040829; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:38:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Cordula's Web To: reddevil69@cox.net In-reply-to: <000801c4500e$7687ec00$78136344@om.cox.net> (reddevil69@cox.net) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.10-BETA References: <000801c4500e$7687ec00$78136344@om.cox.net> Message-Id: <20040612093808.E7D8040829@fw.farid-hajji.net> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:38:08 +0200 (CEST) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Platforms, OSes,etc. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:39:24 -0000 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/