From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 21 06:56:33 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 224491065670 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:56:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from mail-qa0-f54.google.com (mail-qa0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4D758FC19 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:56:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qatn12 with SMTP id n12so3926106qat.13 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:56:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=jFNbK6FJ2wjVpkE4xnUuE53VNXaxi7zfxe4NzLA4eKU=; b=mFgx3bpVuyJ3v9kmpb13+/idsd7ebcAQKIZPJ+zRorSlRN1Ke062uiREyQJMp9SYcr yqyf4gUpU6j1MjdS9Do2ngXHxHjDStHXHCR4Kawiobfh8knoL+JjAvOMVvqcFoQwOjcY 6oivJfy3vDs3GdM0RXEQ5Vmg8EEZw5fcz35jzO4r3WH+j1JbbQHBroaBTS48PVtGED8W 7nKaCOGM3z/NrgG3lXRZWgHY1vXgR51i/0KMOjvriOn8KQsN09aj5hqYlfn7PkuGCR5b GhkKNiddyJhTQKa/KUT36iXtklrd7cJ4iRBLntsKFu6lueqHw4Xw5EYtHTXJqtj9Cc6r Hsbw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.69.82 with SMTP id y18mr14166775qci.156.1345532186579; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:56:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.72.163 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:56:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [174.254.45.157] Received: by 10.49.72.163 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:56:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1552740774.89081.1345522411775.JavaMail.root@mri-mail> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:56:26 -0700 Message-ID: From: "Brian W." To: doug@fledge.watson.org X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk8etGrLnI78tjxce0UecgzeNUT0VhAv+KBOQ719o7iaH45jMf6nXzzJ/FsWggMAyD2pkrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "James D. Parra" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Locksmith Subject: Re: Building a FreeBSD desktop. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:56:33 -0000 The pcbsd project which uses FreeBSD is another option. On Aug 20, 2012 11:31 PM, wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, James D. Parra wrote: > > I was looking to build a desktop to learn FreeBSD and was wondering if >> there >> is a list of parts to build one or to just look at the hardware >> comparability list? I just don't want to order wrong parts. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> If don't want to make the full commitment to building a desktop, a good >> way to learn about FreeBSD is to install within a virtual machine. Either >> VMWare or VirtualBox will serve you well. >> >> If you have a system you want to try you can also check out > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/**freebsd/index.html > . > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-** > unsubscribe@freebsd.org " >