Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:51:28 -0500 From: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil To: shane_64@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: AMD processor's? Message-ID: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A01107618@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>
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Shane, I'm new to FBSD too (3 months now). I'm running it on an AMD K-2 200 with 64 MB of RAM. I love it. That's not to say us newbies don't have to do our part. FBSD is a real preemptive, multitasking operating system capable of running on many platforms besides Intel. When I say we have to do our part, I mean we're responsible for our own learning curve. I think of Windoze (no, I didn't misspell it) as an automatic transmission on a car. It doesn't always go into the right gear or the gear I want and it often slips gears, and every time I fill up the gas tank, I have to pay for it again, but it's (an attempt at) an automatic transmission. FBSD on the other hand, is everything from no transmission (you can bolt each gear on separately) to warp drive (total automation and control of every program). The bottom line is this; it's your choice how you configure your system. Can you imagine M$ letting you have total control of the Windoze kernel? In FBSD it's common place for users to customize and recompile their kernel for their needs. I could go on and on about FBSD not to mention open source software development, but this list serv is more for technical questions. There's also a newbie list serv (replace "questions" with "newbie" in the address). As far as a GUI, FBSD doesn't have just one GUI -- we have our choice of about 20 different ones. My advice (based on 3 months of experience with FBSD) is GO FOR IT! Just be prepared to jump in and learn, learn, learn. Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Shane Hagan [SMTP:shane_64@hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, 22 July, 2000 2019 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: AMD processor's? > > Can I run free BSD on an AMD k-7 processor? Or for that matter can I run > it > on a K-6 2,3 500Mhz processor? I am thinking of purchasing the Free BSD > Power Pack for $99.95. Is this a good deal? Also they say there comming > out > with power pack 4.1 in august 2000. Should I wait for that? I am just a > newbie so these questions may seem lame to you. I am kind of jumping into > > this. I am currently running Windows 2000 pro and Win NT 4.0 at home and > at > work. I keep hearing how good Free BSD is and how fast and stable it is. > > Does it have GUI or would I be better off without the GUI? What do you > think of NOvell? > > > > Thank you for your time. > > Shane > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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