From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 4 22:45:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C12FF1065674 for ; Tue, 4 May 2010 22:45:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 665268FC1F for ; Tue, 4 May 2010 22:45:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o44Mjaog004203; Tue, 4 May 2010 15:45:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Tue, 4 May 2010 15:45:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 15:45:35 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Andrew Gould Message-ID: <20100504224535.GB33978@thought.org> References: <20100504211424.GA33725@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, GUARANTEED_100_PERCENT,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on ethic.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: anybody know if there is a 32-bit distro of pcbsd? 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, 04 May 2010 22:45:41 -0000 On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 04:32:51PM -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > last night i started an upgrade on my ubuntu linux via the net. > > finished this morning, and after thoroughly checking stuff, i > > can't reboot.  (i have multiple copies of stuff everywhere so did > > not lose much if anything.) this may be the time to give pc-bsd > > a try.  before i surf over, does anybody know if there is a > > version for older computers.  my thinkpad is a 2005, 3.0ghz, a > > gig of ram, lots of diskspace.... > > > > tx, > > > > gary > > You can find 32 and 64 bit versions of PC-BSD 8.0 (the latest release) here: > > http://www.pcbsd.org/content/view/152/11/ > > Your computer meets the recommended specifications as far as processor > speed and RAM. > > Best of luck, > > Andrew thanks to you and chris w. i am downloading the .ISO dvd, not the .IMG version. guessing that the iso will work [because i've heard of it:)] gary PS: A FWIW: and this is pretty significant, considering.... but for the past few week, 3-6 maybe, i have been able to listen to and watch almost all audio/video streams using our FreeBSD. I THink it may be the openjdk7 ... . -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel