Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:54:28 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Mike Clarke <mike@milibyte.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Toshiba A-205 S5880 laptop compatibility Message-ID: <20170316105428.43415faa.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <2006727.nbOxI63qbo@curlew.lan> References: <3057956a-0058-298c-4511-07522be5ff9f@rogers.com> <15919c9e-2877-5970-25bf-f5973c56b828@rogers.com> <2006727.nbOxI63qbo@curlew.lan>
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:19:20 +0000, Mike Clarke wrote: > On Wednesday 15 Mar 2017 21:43:11 Mike Jeays wrote: > > I would suggest you download a copy of > > the latest release, or of TrueOS, which is an easy-to-install > version > > that will give you a nicely-equipped desktop. > > TrueOS only appears to be available for x64 hardware so > wouldn't be appropriate for the OP's 32 bit machine. Furthermore, it's "too new" and probably doesn't perform that well compared to a manual selection and configuration of application software components. On the basis of a normal (current) FreeBSD installation, that machine should still be quite usable. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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