From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Nov 20 14:55:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.pcmnet.nl (smtp.pcmnet.nl [213.53.80.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 982B137B405 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:55:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from 1Cust122.tnt10.rtm1.nl.uu.net by smtp.pcmnet.nl via 1Cust122.tnt10.rtm1.nl.uu.net [213.116.114.122] with SMTP for id XAA29212 (8.8.8/1.13); Tue, 20 Nov 2001 23:55:08 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <200111202255.XAA29212@smtp.pcmnet.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: From: Frits Westra Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 23:55:26 +0100 X-Mailer: Net-Tamer 1.12.0 Subject: FreeBSD on an IBM P75? X-Mailreader: NTReader v0.36w(P)/Beta (Registered) Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello all, The last couple of weeks I've been browsing through many FreeBSD websites but I still can't make up my mind whether switching to FreeBSD is a good idea or not. This is the vintage pc that's available for FreeBSD: IBM PC330 (Pentium 75) 16 MB RAM 540 MB IDE HDD 33k6 Modem There is no CD player (yet) Currently it has Win95, which I want to remove. This is what I'd like to have (in order of importance): 1. Excellent email handling capabilities with a good searchable email archiving system. 2. A swift wordprocessor with multiple language spell check that can import Word docs, but doesn't need to generate them. 3. Internet browser (Opera?) 4. Maybe some simple astronomy software. That't all I want to use. I'm used to DOS command line operations and don't need a graphical interface. A few simple menus here and there would be nice though. My question: Is FreeBSD the way to go? Thank you very much for your advice. Best wishes, Frits Westra -- fwestra@hetnet.nl -- Net-Tamer in conjunction with NTReader -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message