From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 12 16:06:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C85816A476 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:06:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 594CA43D49 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:06:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 456 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2006 16:06:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gondolin.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@69.213.130.136 with login) by smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Jun 2006 16:06:48 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gondolin.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BBC8564; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:06:47 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from gondolin.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dZ5joss2igzV; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:06:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by gondolin.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A69C212; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:06:44 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <448D9113.60500@mikestammer.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:06:43 -0500 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: JASON HOWARD References: <20060612151000.30354.qmail@web35510.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060612151000.30354.qmail@web35510.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Im new to FreeBSD 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: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:06:50 -0000 JASON HOWARD wrote: > Im very new to this and have some questions,Im looking for an operationg system to replace windows Xp on my computer.My computer has a celeron processor and 512 megabytes of memory.Is this enought to run freeBSD ?.And also,I have many applications,will they be compatible with freeBSD or will BSD come with everything I will need? (word processor,internet browser,ECT)... > > FreeBSD should work fine with your hardware. as to your software, do not expect anything you currently have to run in FreeBSD. However, there are TONS of applications included with FreeBSD via the Ports collection that can replace the programs you use now. OpenOffice, Firefox, etc. should work just fine for you. Good luck in your new OS search. FreeBSD is a great one!