On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:29:59PM -0500, parv wrote: > in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 07:06:17PM -0500, parv wrote: > > : in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > : wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > > : > > > : > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very > > : > much since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying > > : > to think of something interesting to do with it now. > > : > > > : > Any ideas on something interesting to use it for? Maybe some kind > > : > of learning experience? > > : > > : Try to run (Free|Net)BSD-current? Or even, Sun Solaris 2.9? > > > > Solaris? That might be interesting. You can order Solaris for x86 on CD > > free from Sun, correct? > > I know one could order Solaris CD but do not know if it the CD would > be sent (almost) free of cost. > > Does Sun not provide a free downloadable OS image/binary? >
Yes, I have Solaris 9 fully downloaded for x86, but there are some buy only add-ons they recommend. I believe the free part should give you a full gnome desktop along with other software, but I haven't had a chance to install it and try it out. > > > Does it work pretty well with laptop hardware? > > To tell you the truth, i listed the operating systems that i would > like to try out myself, but for (disk) space, thus financial > reasons, cannot. I was hoping perhaps you could try them out, and > would let me/us know how other OS's behave... > I'll tell you how it goes, but after using solaris 2.5, I think I'll stick with free unices. > > - Parv > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > !DSPAM:40106d2b171581264267948! > -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C
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