Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:41:01 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: freebsd-chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: getting rid of windows... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001261832330.34428-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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I am very close to getting rid of windows entirely, and i wanted to get some opinions. I have a laptop with a 4 gig drive, split evenly with FreeBSD. right now, FreeBSD takes up about 65% of the space. I don't know how quickly i would use that up, but it would be nice to have a little more elbow room. Here are my only reservations: Multimedia support: windows does a great job with .avis, mpegs, .wav files, and the like. I just can't seem to get FreeBSD to work as seamlessly. Development: i use djgpp and rhide for school programming assignments. They work really well together. Granted, i haven't explored the BSD options. And if i ever need to bring VC++ work home, i'll be stuck. Games. Enough said. On the other hand, i don't really use that many multimedia apps, or games, and i know BSD has excellent development tools, once i learn them. Is the extra 2 gigs of space worth it? P.S. I'm a poor college student right now, if i could afford a desktop machine with a 20 gig drive, i would have it :-) -=> jm <=- "I've done questionable things, also extraordinary things.... Revel in your time!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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