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Date:      Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:54:19 -0600
From:      Christopher Mark Conn <cmclist@swbell.net>
To:        Kevin Brunelle <kruptos@netzero.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Finally took the plunge
Message-ID:  <14953.17451.683359.681017@zihua.swbell.net>
In-Reply-To: <3A693DD0.603CC6E3@netzero.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101200030160.18779-100000@zoraida.reyes.somos.net> <3A693DD0.603CC6E3@netzero.net>

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 > > Well, after 4 1/2 years with FreeBSD, 
 > > I finally decided to do it: I hosed
 > > my Windows installation, reformatted my 
 > > discs in "dangerously dedicated"
 > > mode, and now have a totally FreeBSD system.

I'm using an old Compaq P166 as a stand-alone 
FreeBSD box and I love it, have found myself
spending more and more time on it and living
the PII (dual boot Win and Slackware) and PIII
(Win98 only) to the wife and kids.

I suspect that I'm getting better performance
with this little box than they are with Windows.
I've noticed that X and Netscape use the most
cpu at 7%, can Windows compare to that? :-)

My goal is to make this box my gateway for our
DSL, right now the PIII is doing that job but
I think FreeBSD would do it better. Honestly
I've got a bit of a learning curve first, I 
want to really know what I'm doing, not do it
'cookbook' style.

Chris Conn, proud to be Powered by FreeBSD
cmclist@swbell.net              
Leander, Texas                  


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