From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 19:52:41 2015 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C06EBA9B for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:52:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-x231.google.com (mail-vc0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72BDEDBF for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:52:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f177.google.com with SMTP id hy10so10724801vcb.8 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:52:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=E6VDp/XUP5oToqfmBX2IelcYd30NUucS47sgvxvYftw=; b=ycZaawJ6iOGezFjZGlD5okq1gIiqgpxMQCskGqHo4n7oTFHbTfS70sne1x2bgGsO6J kCNBorL0rWZhXKBmq2eDMfJ0E/thK+MmQiSDkN4ObmajeA3BXor1fFa8r9LzJqyjSgOZ skULojgV4yitSq5tgLOtBP27JVhmK7jamUPOS+wqxHRabBNQCBqA2nH3KCzYq3RZtlcQ AvwXo/Qd4+MzUERbCPANHzjRj6tdY+jEKUIaZV11gj9O/fZU6uZmS2Oe9mc1HoF09Xdp Mbk6tYOz0LJRN5NnXR75vxJNz40kchMFudFx8Z4MT5Yo4UH5I57fK9A4SDV09PpN1VNH pMIg== X-Received: by 10.52.116.204 with SMTP id jy12mr3940710vdb.10.1424807559996; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:52:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from smaug.zep.net (pool-173-73-139-83.washdc.fios.verizon.net. [173.73.139.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ci3sm7653419vdd.3.2015.02.24.11.52.39 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:52:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54ECD686.7000504@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:52:38 -0500 From: zep <zgreenfelder@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System to install FreeBSD References: <CAAtTLRpnSjCKeoiDKaWmzJi=OvhS0SS7hPyX0kkH2S97jbg_Fw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAtTLRpnSjCKeoiDKaWmzJi=OvhS0SS7hPyX0kkH2S97jbg_Fw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:52:41 -0000 On 02/24/2015 02:40 PM, BINDU PULIYANKODAN KAROTH wrote: > Hi, > > I am planning to buy a system to install FreeBSD for training on UNIX > Administration. My broad choices are to go for either a laptop or a desktop. > > Laptop > ------ > From looking around the web , I found that Laptops are generally windows > compatible and may run in to issues with other OS. > Can you suggest me some good laptops that would be good for this purpose. > > Desktop > ------- > If I choose to go for a desktop ( I do not have any specific > hardware in mind) is it okay if go with any of them available in the market? > > Also , in general > 1) Are there any specific system requirements in terms of the memory and > hard drive > or other requirements > 2) Is it necessary to purchase a system with any UNIX OS in it , to ensure > that it will work fine with BSD. > > Kindly advise > > given that it's for training, wouldn't it make more sense to be pretty much hardware agnostic and use virtulization (either virtualbox, xen, or any of several commercial options) and make the BSD machine a VM that you can snapshot back to after training is done? -- public gpg key id: AE60F64C