Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 23:55:26 +0100 From: Frits Westra <fwestra@hetnet.nl> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FreeBSD on an IBM P75? Message-ID: <200111202255.XAA29212@smtp.pcmnet.nl>
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Hello all, The last couple of weeks I've been browsing through many FreeBSD websites but I still can't make up my mind whether switching to FreeBSD is a good idea or not. This is the vintage pc that's available for FreeBSD: IBM PC330 (Pentium 75) 16 MB RAM 540 MB IDE HDD 33k6 Modem There is no CD player (yet) Currently it has Win95, which I want to remove. This is what I'd like to have (in order of importance): 1. Excellent email handling capabilities with a good searchable email archiving system. 2. A swift wordprocessor with multiple language spell check that can import Word docs, but doesn't need to generate them. 3. Internet browser (Opera?) 4. Maybe some simple astronomy software. That't all I want to use. I'm used to DOS command line operations and don't need a graphical interface. A few simple menus here and there would be nice though. My question: Is FreeBSD the way to go? Thank you very much for your advice. Best wishes, Frits Westra -- fwestra@hetnet.nl -- Net-Tamer in conjunction with NTReader -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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