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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Installing Freebsd Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 18:37:48 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 13 Message-ID: <31B6366C.70BA@www.play-hookey.com> References: <01bb52f7.3f7ee0a0$12161d86@Dialin-018.Mankato.MSUS.EDU> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I) Henriette wrote: > > Hi, > I would just like to know, would it be wise to install Freebsd on a normal > 486DX2-66MHz, with 16 mb of ram. If you are a advanced user that uses a > PPP account for internet use would it be good to switch to freebsd? The machine will work fine; my kids are running DX2-66's with 8 MB RAM, and my daughter tells me she likes FreeBSD better than Windows 3.1. However, the choice in this matter must be yours. Ken