Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 18:48:39 +0800 (PHT) From: "Anthony M. Magsino" <ammag@mail.upm.edu.ph> To: Frits Westra <fwestra@hetnet.nl> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on an IBM P75? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1011122184708.20946B-100000@kulog.upm.edu.ph> In-Reply-To: <200111202255.XAA29212@smtp.pcmnet.nl>
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If that's all you're looking for in your type of hardwware,unix is the way to go. Either FreeBSD or Linux is best. On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Frits Westra wrote: > Hello all, > > The last couple of weeks I've been browsing through many FreeBSD > websites but I still can't make up my mind whether switching to > FreeBSD is a good idea or not. > > This is the vintage pc that's available for FreeBSD: > > IBM PC330 (Pentium 75) > 16 MB RAM > 540 MB IDE HDD > 33k6 Modem > There is no CD player (yet) > Currently it has Win95, which I want to remove. > > This is what I'd like to have (in order of importance): > > 1. Excellent email handling capabilities with a good searchable > email archiving system. > > 2. A swift wordprocessor with multiple language spell check that > can import Word docs, but doesn't need to generate them. > > 3. Internet browser (Opera?) > > 4. Maybe some simple astronomy software. > > That't all I want to use. > > I'm used to DOS command line operations and don't need a > graphical interface. A few simple menus here and there would be > nice though. > > My question: Is FreeBSD the way to go? > > Thank you very much for your advice. > > Best wishes, > Frits Westra -- fwestra@hetnet.nl > > -- Net-Tamer in conjunction with NTReader -- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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