From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 25 14:58:45 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 676A716A400 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:58:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A95F43D64 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:58:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id k3PEwiL9013754; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:58:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id k3PEwhJ0013752; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:58:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200604251458.k3PEwhJ0013752@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: tuintense71@hotmail.com (Charles) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:58:43 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeBSD install 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, 25 Apr 2006 14:58:45 -0000 > > I have a sony vaio fs742/w running windows XP is this freeBSD a good > candidate for my laptop and if it is, can i have someone load for me? > I'd be more apt to trying on my home computer first, its an older model HP. I have not used that particular model, but have used FreeBSD on a number of other machine models. Unless there is something particularly odd about that model, it should work fine. But, although you can probably find someone willing to install FreeBSD for you, the very best way to learn about it is to just do it yourself. If you have a home machine to experiment with, that makes it easier. FreeBSD is a very different system that anything from Microsloth. It can do pretty much anything you want, but it will take a while to learn. There are many more choices to be made. FreeBSD is limited to doing work for you and does not do your thinking for you. You are left free to do your own thinking. That attitude is fundamental to the design and implementation of FreeBSD. It is a little harder to learn in the beginning but much more powerful and flexible and useful after you get it going. My suggestion is that you might want to experiment with the home machine, either making FreeBSD the only OS on the machine or making it dual boot with XP. Then try installing it on your laptop as a dual boot. ////jerry > > thanks, > > tuintense71@hotmail.com > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >