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From: David Henderson <davidh2@airmail.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FreeBSD Info Needed
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 1996 17:41:36 -0500
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Linux is starting to wear a little thin on my nerves, and I've thought
about replacing it with FreeBSD. But, some questions first:
1. Linux comes with gcc, awk, curses, etc. Does FreeBSD?
2. Any problems compiling/loading GNU apps?
3. I have the following hardware. Any problems?
486/66 DX, 20 MB RAM, about 250 MB HDD available for BSD.
Diamond Stealth 64 (S3) video card, 1 MB RAM on card
PnP 28.8Kbps modem
4. Is there a version of Netscape for BDS like there is for Linux?
If not, what options are there for browsers?
Anything else I forgot?
Thanks for the feedback. Pls email or post here.
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David Henderson, Ft. Worth, TX, USA email: davidh2@airmail.net
Dyslexics of the world, untie!
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