[ snips ] On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 08:23:35 -0700 BOF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Anselmi wrote: > > >Thanks for the post, I'm much more likely to try *BSD now. Perhaps either Open of >Free the next server I need. Since there is less hardware support (video, audio) and >the main desktop/window managers seem to be developed for Linux I think I'd stay away >from a desktop machine (just me, my brother-in-law uses FreeBSD on a laptop). > > > I use FreeBSD on a desktop system as well as a laptop. While the > hardware support is getting better, it is, IMnosoHO, about where Linux > was 2 -3 years ago. Since most of my computers are 2 - 3 years old, this > is no problem <g>. I value it as a desktop system, but thus far I haven't figured any way to get OpenOffice on FreeBSD. > > The biggest problem I have had with installs is with network cards. > While FreeBSD supports many, many brands, most of them are not < available during installation, including Tulip-chipped ones (I use < Netgear 310's almost exclusively). I beg to differ on the Netgear 310's topic. I'm using an FA310TX which talks tulip on linux, but I chose the most likely looking choice (I can't remember the 3 or 4 numbers on the choice line, but tulip wasn't listed. I believe it was the very first choice listed by the installer.), disabled the other conflicting choices), and my networking is working fine with the GENERIC kernel. > The most difficult thing with installation is the disk partitioning. > Luckily, FreeBSD will do a good job by default, and I suggest this for a > newbie, as long as there is not going to be a lot of customization to > the system. Agreed, it's strange to linux eyes. The drawback to the auto (default) choice is that a very small / slice is created which will limit your /home directory. I'll probably windup redoing my install once I figure it all out. Right now I have a downloads in the /usr slice where most of the space is available. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area WWTLRD? - FreeBSD 4.4 + xfce + sylpheed _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
