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Date:      Wed, 24 Jun 1998 20:37:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Stuart Krivis <stuart@apk.net>
To:        Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Windoze vs FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.95.980620191248.25011A-100000@junior.apk.net>
In-Reply-To: <Marcel-1.45-0620221544-0b0Zsav@duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de>

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On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Rainer M Duffner wrote:

> Naaa, it's all so easy - point and click....
> 
> > Another major plus for X is it's ability to run reasonably well on low spec
> > machines.
> 
> Or to have a full OS, without a GUI.....


> I like to boot the Win95-PCs at our computer-lab with the PicoBSD
> boot-floppy and turn them into little FreeBSDs ;-)
> At least, a stable telnet implementation !

The QNX demo is really good for this too. They crammed an incredible
amount of stuff on a single floppy. I wish someone would package it with a
cheap machine and sell it as an Internet appliance type of thing. It would
be much better than all the Windows nightmares out there.


-- 

Stuart Krivis    stuart@krivis.com



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