Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:56:32 -0400 (EDT) From: petersontr@aol.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Fwd: Glen Peterson from Wisconsin. Some questions Message-ID: <8D05BB0B1E35F93-A6C-CAD9@webmail-d137.sysops.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <8D05BB04C1E3633-A6C-CAB7@webmail-d137.sysops.aol.com> References: <8D05BAF9AC564D3-A6C-CA64@webmail-d137.sysops.aol.com> <8D05BB04C1E3633-A6C-CAB7@webmail-d137.sysops.aol.com>
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Dear Sir: I have been thinking about installing your FreeBSD onto some of my extra PC= 's that I have laying around, just to see what that Unix OS can do on my PC= . I have a few questions, though, before I order your Install Disk to do th= at. I spoke to your receptionist there on 30 July, and she suggested that I= write to you with my detailed questions before I went ahead an purchased y= our well-recommended OS: 1. I have a Dell Dimension 3000 PC with a 32-bit Intel processor in it. It = has 2G's of RAM, and a 250GB hard drive under Windows OS, currently. I use = A.T.&T. as my ISP and I have a DSL line supplied by A.T.& T. May I install = your OS onto an external 80 GB Seagate Barracuda ATA IV Model ST380021A har= d drive, and boot off of that into BSD and have it run on that Dell compute= r? The BIOS Chip seems to support external drives and USB sticks, since I h= ave successfully used the later to boot this PC into Debian Linux. 2. Do you have a version of your free BSD program with a graphical user int= erface (like that seen on Mac's and Windows boxes) that will run on that sa= me Dell Dimension 300, mentioned above? 3. How much does the install CD cost me, including shipping to the Milwauke= e area, for the Free BSD OS that will run on said computer? 4. I have another PC at work that has a 32-bit AMD chip in it with 1GB RAM = and 250 GB under Vista OS, currently. Do you likewise have a version of you= r latest Free BSD that will run on THIS machine in a graphical environment = like that mentioned for the Dell computer above from the same external 80 G= B Seagate hard drive? 5. Does the OS come with an application, like I have observed with some Lin= ux distros, that enables me to get updates as they become available? Does your FreeBSD come with its own browser? If not, may I still connect to= the web by some means to obtain a BSD-compatible browser (e.g., Firefox) t= hat will run on this OS on either of the two computers above? Sincerely, Glen A. Peterson Cedarburg, Wisconsin (262) 780-1856 (W, C.D.T.)but OK to call there) PetersonTR@aol.com =20 =20
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