Re: freebsd livecd and pentium 1
On Jul 29, 2006, at 1:08 PM, Igor Robul wrote: On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 10:50:40AM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote: A P1 with 32MB should be sufficient albeit painful, but I wouldn't use any large scale desktop/window managers (such as KDE/Gnome), I'd probably use one of the light weights like TWM (and ION?), or maybe a medium weight (WMaker?), and no more. I'm very sorry to say this but Pentium 1 + 32 Mb RAM will be not usable as replacement for Windows 98 + Word 97. Just imagine running OpenOffice.org with 32Mb of RAM :-) I think that P1/32Mb is good example of PC on which Win98+Word97 is optimal as office suite :-) Agreed. The best solution available for FreeBSD with this type of a machine would be to set it up as a low-traffic fileserver / web / print server :). -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freebsd livecd and pentium 1
On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 10:50:40AM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote: > A P1 with 32MB should be sufficient albeit painful, but I wouldn't use > any large scale desktop/window managers (such as KDE/Gnome), I'd > probably use one of the light weights like TWM (and ION?), or maybe a > medium weight (WMaker?), and no more. I'm very sorry to say this but Pentium 1 + 32 Mb RAM will be not usable as replacement for Windows 98 + Word 97. Just imagine running OpenOffice.org with 32Mb of RAM :-) I think that P1/32Mb is good example of PC on which Win98+Word97 is optimal as office suite :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freebsd livecd and pentium 1
That is pretty small. At the bare minimum level, you might be able to get it up and running, but not be able to do much of any real work on it without more memory. You didn't mention the amount of disk on the machine, but if you want to run X (needed for a Gui) then it will take more that a couple of GB and if you want KDE or Gnome to manage your Gui, it will take even more. I don't remember if Pentium I will do the trick or not, but probably will, just awfully slowly. A P1 with 32MB should be sufficient albeit painful, but I wouldn't use any large scale desktop/window managers (such as KDE/Gnome), I'd probably use one of the light weights like TWM (and ION?), or maybe a medium weight (WMaker?), and no more. A memory upgrade is strongly recommended if possible. -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freebsd livecd and pentium 1
Hi, > hello. my name is jesus and am writing to you > from argentina. > > i am looking for a freebsd livecd. > i have just downloaded fresbie, but i am not > sure if is a freebsd.org or an third-party's > implementation. >From where did you download the CD? Was is from a freebsd.org location? For example, I generally download fromftp.freebsd.org Try booting it and see what it says. Generally a third party will advertise their name on the boot screen. > does freebsd have a live-cd ? is so, where can i > download it ? The first CD in the set is essentially a 'live-cd' because you can select that option - called 'fixit' from the initial menu. Otherwise it is also the installation CD and, if you have a good enough net connection to a mirror site, can be used to do the whole installation. > i want to change my win98/word97 to a real os. Seems like a reasonable thing to do. > i use it because the machine is a pentium 1 with > 32 mb ram. is there any bsd with GUI that > can run in it ? That is pretty small. At the bare minimum level, you might be able to get it up and running, but not be able to do much of any real work on it without more memory. You didn't mention the amount of disk on the machine, but if you want to run X (needed for a Gui) then it will take more that a couple of GB and if you want KDE or Gnome to manage your Gui, it will take even more. I don't remember if Pentium I will do the trick or not, but probably will, just awfully slowly. Good luck, jerry > > thanks in advance, > jesus > > > > > > > __ > Preguntá. Respondé. Descubrí. > Todo lo que querías saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, > está en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta). > ¡Probalo ya! > http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
