Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 20:20:37 +0100 From: "Carsten Holst" <carsten@holstweb.dk> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: "Heiko Recktenwald" <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Subject: Re: A few questions Message-ID: <199911022020370760.008E76F5@mail.stofanet.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911021809350.1237-100000@max.alleswirdgelber>
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Hi On 02-11-99 at 18:12 Heiko Recktenwald wrote: >Hmmm......, an "alternative" ? > >IMHO its rather impossible to dump Windoze completely. If you want to use >all the nicenst things that flow around in the net. I think you're right. What I ment by saying an alternative, was a second OS to install on my computer. It wasn't my idea to drop Windows completely (not to start with, anyway), but I use my computer for programming, web developing, Internet and writing papers - And all I ever hear about Linux/freeBSD is that is does every single of those things better than Windows.... So I thought I'd give it a try. >So, see if you can get a second old box, an old pentium or an old 486. >How much hardware have you ? I have thought of getting a second box, and am in fact still considering it. But for starters I think I would prefer to install it on a separate partition, on my current harddrive. How much gear (as in hubs or cables etc) does it take to make a win box and freeBSD box talk together?? About Linux vs. freeBSD, I would like to add, as a total newbie, that the Linux community with all of the distributions seems rather confusing to me, whereas the freeBSD seems less confusing because of there being only one distribution. Another reason for me being partial to freeBSD, even before trying either Linux or freeBSD out, is all of the nice replys I have gotten on this list. Thanks!! On my way out, I just have one more, totally newbie, thing to ask. What's a port collection?? -- Carsten Holst http://anything.dk http://holstweb.dk PS. Send flere penge! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the messagehome | help
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