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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!tezcat!not-for-mail From: dvg@tezcat.com (Dahlia Van Gelder) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Newbie w/laptop 486! Please advise Date: 28 Aug 1996 19:40:49 GMT Organization: Breakfast at Tezcat. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5027c1$ga1@tepe.tezcat.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: huitzilo.tezcat.com CC: dvg@tezcat.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Hello there! I have a 486DX NEC laptop with 20M RAM and 1/3G-HD (1.44) and am hot to try to install UNIX. Please advise on FreeBSD vs Linix. Please advise on what the Terrible Hassles of Unix are. I have heard how Bad It Is! (shiver) What do I have now? 3.1 Why do I want to change it? Java needs a 32 bit system and the alternative seems to be Win95. Besides Unix is free. What do I use it for? Letters, documents, internet. At present, netscape. I considered OS/2 but unix has a community of users, could help me get a job, and did I mention it is free? I may do graphics soon. Want to get together. I am the unlikely recipient of an Intergraph card. Twas nice to speak to you. Thanks for all the fish... and the help too. Dahlianna