Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:15:12 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Nathansm@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need more info Message-ID: <20050910080830.N11662@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <ba.79c8ae54.305318c5@aol.com> References: <ba.79c8ae54.305318c5@aol.com>
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On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Nathansm@aol.com wrote: > What exactly is FreeBSD? It's an operating system, a good one. > Can it be used by the computer beginner or do you need to be a very > knowledgable computer user? It can be used by the beginner provided they are willing to read the instructions and type commands. Many people consider that "too hard". Mousey-clicky-pointy-desktopy prepackaged versions of FreeBSD are also available; see http://www.pcbsd.com. This is FreeBSD with an installer and the desktop GUI setup integrated. > Is it compatible with my computer? It is a compaq presario 5000 > series with an AMD Duron 750MHz processor. That processor is fine. I'd suggest at least 64M of RAM and 4G of disk space, which it probably already has. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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