>Hey R.T.
>
>If all you are going to do is surf the web and e-mail, etc. Than my advice
>would be to stick with what you got, which is the computer with the best
>user interface in the world, the Mac. With your limited hardware, you'll
>just be switching over to a different GUI and not a better one. As a matter
>of fact, it's worse, by far!
>
>I love my Linux box, but only because I'm I program n Java, Perl and need
>mySQL. And unfortunately the Mac (OS9 and prior) is the worst platform to
>develop on. Linux desktops can't offer you the cut and paste environment you
>are used to and will so dearly miss if you make the switch. kmail and Pine
>are cool but I'll take Eudora or Outlook Express over them any day of the
>week.
>
>If you need a little more juice while surfing the web use, Opera when it not
>a Beta anymore, in my experience it rips on even an OLD 486 and is my
>favorite on Linux too. In the mean time, try iCab.
>http://www.icab.de/
>It's a very small download and uses very little RAM. I put it on an 7100 I
>gave a friend and it works great. Nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.
>
>Save the Linux until your ready to make a firewall and/or router out of that
>7500.
A 7500 for a firewall/router? That's overkill in my book since I'm
using my IIci to do that with NetBSD. 7500 would be a great machine
for an experimental box for using with Linux or NetBSD or both. My
Q800 is my NetBSD experiment box right now and it's running X Windows
with 40MB of RAM. I say try Linux and NetBSD to see which you like
and if you're new to UNIX to check out a introductory book on it from
your local library and if you're experienced with it try an advanced
book. HTH
--
Randy
OS X - UNIX for the rest of us
NetBSD - I got it up and running!
MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
/ Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \
/ <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \
Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD
<http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html>
123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html>
- - - - -
MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml>
Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks!
<http://www.applelinks.com>
