And maybe it should be mentioned that FreeBSD really ain't for beginners, not to speak of installing it on a laptop. Try SuSE Linux, some ppl say it's to overloaded with unnecessary stuff and quite hard to tweak on OS level, but for beginners it's just nice as it does a lot of configuration on its own... and most of the time even properly. Maybe Mandrake was cool for you, too, and if you're not afraid of reading manuals and like cryptic installation, try debian - once it works it's damn fine.
Iain Thomas schrieb: > On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Jeffrey Connell wrote: > > I am not an XFree86 user, but am wondering. I have a spare Pentium > > laptop with a lost OS (Win 2K). Rather than re-install Windows, I am > > thinking to use this as an opportunity to learn something about open > > source. So, I am looking to install an open source operating system to > > find out how to make that work in some useful way. Is XFree86 an > > appropriate option, are there other alternatives? Thanks. > > XFree86 isn't an operating system. XFree86 /runs/ on many operating > systems. > XFree86 is just the graphical windowing system. > To get started, pick up a copy of Linux or FreeBSD. > XFree86 will run on any of them. > I believe there's just the one FreeBSD distribution; however, there are > several different Linux distributions; such as RedHat, Mandrake, SuSe, > Debian, to name but four. (IIRC, there are doznes of distros, but these 4 > just happen to come to mind..) > > Whichever you pick, you are likely to get an installed and configured > version of XFree86 installed for you... > > -- > Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > My website: http://www.iain.thomas.dial.pipex.com/ > XMMS now playing: Blur - Black Book > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM d-(--)@ s-:+ a-- C++ UL>+++ P>++ L+>++ E- W++ N- o? K? w--(---) !O M-- V? PS+ PE+++(++) Y+ PGP- t+(++) 5 X+(++) R++(+++) tv--@ b++ DI+++ D+ G(--) e* h(+) r%>* !y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Nothing fights like the opposition _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
