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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!feed1.news.erols.com!news1.erols.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!usenet From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD Info Needed Date: 6 Oct 1996 15:56:23 GMT Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <538kr7$8d@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <3256E420.2217@airmail.net> Reply-To: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 To: davidh2@airmail.net [Posted and mailed] In article <3256E420.2217@airmail.net>, David Henderson <davidh2@airmail.net> writes: > 1. Linux comes with gcc, awk, curses, etc. Does FreeBSD? Yep > 2. Any problems compiling/loading GNU apps? No - not in my experience. > 3. I have the following hardware. Any problems? > 486/66 DX, 20 MB RAM, about 250 MB HDD available for BSD. > Diamond Stealth 64 (S3) video card, 1 MB RAM on card > PnP 28.8Kbps modem The PnP modem may be a problem. Are there *any* jumpers ? > 4. Is there a version of Netscape for BDS like there is for Linux? > If not, what options are there for browsers? Yep. There's also lynx. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....