Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 12:05:36 -0500 (EST) From: Spike <spork@startrekmail.com> To: Aaron Presuhn <aaronpres@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a couple ?'s Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902211158490.360-100000@nyc-ny76-26.ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <19990221070639.23601.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Aaron Presuhn wrote: > Hi I just have a couple questions about FreeBSD. > > 1) How does compare to Linux in Ease of installation? Is it easy to > install or not? I'm speaking in terms of a Linux newbie, which is > what I am. This depends on which Linux distribution your talking about. The only Linux I have ever installed was Debian, and that was pretty similar to the FreeBSD installation. > > 2) Where can I find a list of video cards that FreeBSD supports? > FreeBSD supports just about any video card in text mode. You probably want to know which video cards it supports for graphics, and that is dependant on XFree86. Check out www.xfree86.org. > 3) How does it compare to Linux in the field of stability and > reliability? FreeBSD is as or more stable and reliable than Linux. > > 4) Does it come with GUI's like fvwm, and kde and stuff like that? Yup, FreeBSD comes with a variety of window managers, including FVWM and KDE. > > Thanks > Aaron Presuhn > aaronpres@yahoo.com > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNtA85Z31G6IEwnwxAQGL3QQApPnnQ1LVnWARlgiG9XM90/d8FCxbiGyb lUjmPMQPAc5qxW4cD3jGlQY8CB0nHqrWfFqSTv3vFGc+AWmSGhc6mUftO/JIEF14 DWUT7NKahz4lb0sa749vfFvjqW6osFB7ZOzPZW0cYx1JVAcmcmgNN/jIrosAbhBM Fu9g0/Dn79E= =bwN0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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