From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 14:54:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 982331065783 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:54:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayasaman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qa0-f49.google.com (mail-qa0-f49.google.com [209.85.216.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DFC18FC17 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:54:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qabj40 with SMTP id j40so926873qab.15 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 07:54:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Z/KaP87R0rOKN3v0fpOCUntFX8C2zwUhW3+fA4EsASU=; b=fT3yP0RMUpkANCCzFb01PhvofwtBINO7Ws2JhQ6cCr8qr/9HhwnFkHeke5esSs5k43 35ubKDfGpeefRVb8VqhyxJwNvXKK9nId16L2f7JClKfc7b6sT/yRpnmgZFUlQHi4nY0Q edOQCrhnZMZp2Op+h9RdXsW0rgbu+4duhkt4biXwnWFPa5g5nolRS20wPvJeM16ZpVky olBICYc9nzrHszVxSA1FTCVsMXdy3MkklSB+X/iKSH5N8VhXUD6dIre5kMFEyIMOZtFe QKYRSIz0qrs1mohNeDSz6prv5UiqHc0Hrht6D7xw/rCKwSyNFg5gu/fsKGwgHxSwK4ew 6jQg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.205.6 with SMTP id fo6mr283693qab.73.1338476084586; Thu, 31 May 2012 07:54:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.26.136 with HTTP; Thu, 31 May 2012 07:54:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1110880194.1468.1338474190360.JavaMail.mail@webmail06> References: <1110880194.1468.1338474190360.JavaMail.mail@webmail06> Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 15:54:44 +0100 Message-ID: From: Kaya Saman To: phnxcs_rep@lycos.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware compatability question 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: Thu, 31 May 2012 14:54:45 -0000 Hi, it's not really about the machines but more the hardware. FreeBSD is quite diverse in what it can run on so best bet check the HCL's off the www.freebsd.org website as that would give you the best idea! Otherwise just install and see what works and doesn't. FreeBSD is pretty comprehensive of H/W support. I would say if you were moving away from MS, FreeBSD is a great choice and probably the best out there providing you don't need something specific - you will need to get used to the CLI environment but once that's worked out it's a sinch. I am now introducing *BSD to my company too and trying to move them away from Linux which has it's own caveats. Good luck with the move, I'd love to give you a full-blown sales pitch but unfortunatley don't have time right now. - though it would be kinda useless as FreeBSD really sells itself if you know what it can do for you! Regards, Kaya On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:23 PM, wrote: > > =A0 =A0 Hello, > =A0 I am moving away from MS products due to security =A0and stability > =A0 concerns. =A0Below are the machines I use and would like =A0to know w= hich > =A0 version of FreeBSD will work best with each. =A0The compu ters are us= ed > =A0 at home and away, for e-mail, preparing documents, databases , and > =A0 spredsheets, as well as, web browsing and some begining programing = =A0 =A0(Perl, C, HTML, and Assembely I think). > =A0 Here are the notes on my machines: > =A0 HP Compaq CQ5300Y > =A0 MOBO M2N68-LA (Narra5) > =A0 AMD Sempron LE-1300 2.30GHz > =A0 Vidio Card NVIDIA GeForce =A06150SE nForce 430 > =A0 RAM: PC2-6400 MB/sec 2 Gigs RAM > =A0 HD: WDC WD32 00AAJS-65M0A SCSI 320 Gig HD > =A0 Toshiba Satel lite A205-S5880 > =A0 Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2390 @ 1.86 GH > =A0 Vidio Card: Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset > =A0 RAM: 3 Gigs > =A0 =A0 =A0HD: Toshiba MK2046GSX ATA > =A0 Both where bought new and =A0are stock off the shelf models. > =A0 Thank you for your fine efforts =A0and your time in this, > =A0 Phnxcs_rep > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"