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From: Jonathan Maier <gt3130a@prism.gatech.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: choosing freebsd Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 01:39:34 -0500 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 20 Message-ID: <329A90A6.11CF@prism.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: r45h129.res.gatech.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!la-news1.digilink.net!news-out.internetmci.com!peerfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mindspring.com!mindspring!uunet!in3.uu.net!news.gs.net!andromeda.vec.net!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!cc.gatech.edu!smash.gatech.edu!news Hi all, I have a Micron Millennia laptop (p-120) running windoze 95. However, I am dissatisfied with win95's slow performance, memory hogging, etc. and have been considering installing a u**x OS. A friend reccommended me freeBSD. To anyone currently using it, does freebsd sound appropriate in my situation? I don't need multiuser access or configure it as a webserver or anything. I also need to preserve my ethernet connectivity, and I'd like to keep win95 still on the system, (i.e. be able to boot to freebsd or win95). Has anyone else been successfull at this? Is it worth it? Has anybody done it on a micron millennia laptop? Thanks! -- Best, Jonathan Maier gt3130a@prism.gatech.edu "If you can't find a good job after graduating from here, there's a good chance it's not Tech that's at fault." --Adam Barr (posted on git.announce 11/24/96)