Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 15:54:44 +0100 From: Kaya Saman <kayasaman@gmail.com> To: phnxcs_rep@lycos.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware compatability question Message-ID: <CAPj0R5J7NB14mPUTQ1SKmVQ0t5cUYQhiK4DyVma9N5wCBruobQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1110880194.1468.1338474190360.JavaMail.mail@webmail06> References: <1110880194.1468.1338474190360.JavaMail.mail@webmail06>
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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, <phnxcs_rep@lycos.com> 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"
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