From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 3 21:05:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14411 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:05:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.bc.rogers.wave.ca (mail.bc.rogers.wave.ca [24.113.32.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA14396 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:05:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mib@rogers.wave.ca) Received: from leia.ns.rogers.wave.ca ([24.113.53.151]) by mail.bc.rogers.wave.ca with SMTP id <336639-15351>; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 00:04:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:03:46 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Broza X-Sender: mib@leia.ns.rogers.wave.ca To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help, I Hate MICROSOFT !!! In-Reply-To: <199802040443.UAA12073@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, Matt Nelson wrote: > Hi, I currently Run Windows 95. and I need to get something else cause I am > truly sick and tired of crashes and errors. Is FreeBSD right for My system > ? > ---------- > MS-DOS Version . . . . . . . . 7.10 > Product . . . . . . . . . . . Compaq Presario 1210 (Laptop) > Processor . . . . . . . . . . Pentium(R) at 150 MHz > Numeric Coprocessor . . . . . Integrated 387-Compatible > MSCDEX Driver Version . . . . 2.95 > A: Diskette Drive . . . . . . 1.44 MB (3.5 inch) > C: Hard Drive . . . . . . . . 1440 MB (1002 MB Free) > D: CD-ROM Drive . . . . . . 12X > Mouse is a Touch Pad. > ---------- > I was thinking about getting the FreeBSD Book/4CD set from CDROM.COM.. I > have also connsidered Red Hat Linux... Have any suggestions for Me ? > Can I still go online with FreeBSD, and can I use Netscape ? > regarding your system, I don't think it will pose much of problem, regarding Red Hat Linux 5.0 (Hurricane) - current version has alot of bugs was running it myself for before making the switch to FreeBSD 2.2.5 regarding to to going online and using Netscape.. Yes you can :) Richard Broza aka WhiteWolf IRCop of SorceryNet IRC kechara.sorcery.net #port 9000