From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 19 16:02:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2943916A418 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:02:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE6BA13C469 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m1JFwAwa046048; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:58:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m1JFwASk046047; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:58:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:58:10 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Lone Wolf Message-ID: <20080219155810.GD45840@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <200802190913.m1J9DYW6083802@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <212671.41590.qm@web51101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <212671.41590.qm@web51101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Olivier Nicole , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is my hard ware sufficient? 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: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:02:29 -0000 On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 01:19:51AM -0800, Lone Wolf wrote: > I'm not going to serve any one, I just want to take a small test drive > with FreeBSD . > Regarding my graphic card, it is 32 MB, is it ok? I suppose it depends on the graphics card model, but probably. Check that hardware compatibility list. In this case it would be compatibility with Xorg since that is the display/graphics system. > Does FreeBSD come bundled with GNOME? It is not bundled. Almost nothing is bundled. But it is available in ports and installing it is one of the special options during a standard installtion. > Thanks demons! That is daemon, not demon. There is a big difference. ////jerry > > Olivier Nicole wrote: > I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. > > --- > > Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH > > RAM: 192 MB > > --- > > Is my hard ware sufficient? > > Sufficient to do what? > > Until not so long ago, my DNS server was a PIII 550 MHz, with > something like 120 MB RAM, serving about 150 clients. > > I changed the hardware mostly because I had bigger machines available. > > Olivier > > > > Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dreamed before. > E.A Poe > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >