From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 21:51:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4093E16A4CE for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:51:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nuumen.pair.com (nuumen.pair.com [209.68.1.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C922543D1F for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:51:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from thuppi@nuumen.pair.com) Received: (qmail 73526 invoked by uid 55300); 24 Jan 2005 21:51:06 -0000 Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:51:06 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Huppi X-X-Sender: thuppi@nuumen.pair.com To: Redman Jack In-Reply-To: <20050124151920.976.qmail@web52607.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20050124151920.976.qmail@web52607.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Discovered a new browser... X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:51:07 -0000 On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Redman Jack wrote: > If you're looking for lightweight software you > might want to check out the RULE Linux web site. > > http://www.rule-project.org/ > > RULE stands for Run Up2date Linux Everywhere. > Rule is intended for building systems on > older eqipement. > The main thing that they have is a Xorg replacement > called kdrive that you should check out. Ah! I had not grasped that 'kdrive' was on Xorg/XFree86 replacement. Too bad it's in the ports collection. Do you have any experiance with it? My concern would be how it interoperates with various existing x11-toolkits (but I only vaugly understand the technology and potential sticking points.) > Another place to look is VectorLinux. > > http://www.vectorlinux.com/ > > It's another lightweight Linux designed for > older hardware. > > I'm not suggesting that you change to Linux > but these sites may give you ideas or > leads to other lightweight software. > > Hope that this is helpful. It is. My initial thought was to use Linux since there are so many purpose oriented distributions. I also ran across 'wclp', but the other two you mentioned seem to be constantly comming up on my searches too. I actually learned of 'dillo' from one of these distribution's web pages. Later I started to shift to thinking maybe I should do this project (upgrading my friend's old machine) with FreeBSD. I think the OS itself is probably as suitable as most Linux kernels, and I know FreeBSD infinitly better. I see my choices here as: - Re-install his Win95 and try to tell him how to aviod viruses. - Try to pick a good and well supported Linux distro and learn it well enough to make it work for his limited needs. - Install modern FreeBSD and try to choose lightweight apps. His current Win95 is very slow so even FreeBSD thrashing like mad might be an improvement. - Grab one of my many ancient FreeBSD install disks, throw a few things on the machine, and forget about my normal tendancy to want to keep things up to date. Dunno what to do yet, but I've got a few weeks to figure it out. Thanks, - Tom