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Date:      Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:36:04 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
To:        Sam Shrenker <udamansam@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: what else-free bsd
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204011334570.16225-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <B8CE0D5D.E%udamansam@earthlink.net>

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On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Sam Shrenker wrote:

> Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 13:13:02 -0500
> From: Sam Shrenker <udamansam@earthlink.net>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: what else-free bsd
> 
> dear free bsd,
> 
>             i have questions and u most likely have answers...for years i
> have been convinced that computer crashes and lockups are perfectly
> normal,,,thanks to ms and apple...then i discovered linux and freebsd...i
> would like to know if i can run free bsd on a stand alone pc...the free bsd
> seems to be a better bet than linux when it comes to internet
> security...currently i am using a mac,,,and computer crashes and lockups are
> common place...what i would like to know is there enough software out there
> to merely get me on the internet and could i load free bsd ona stand alone
> computer without haveing the skills of a programmer...
> 
> 
> vty
> sam shrenker
> 

Yep, you can run FreeBSD standalone just fine, although I don't believe it 
will install on Mac and/or PPC hardware??

My Mac hasn't crashed in over a year - must be a crappy application that's 
crashing you ;-)

|-John Bleichert----syborg@stny.rr.com----------------|
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