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From: adlarson@acm.ndsu.NoDak.edu (Adam L Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: choosing freebsd
Date: 3 Dec 1996 18:38:29 GMT
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I dual booted a prostar laptop with FreeBSD and Windows 95. Worked fine,
cept Xwindows was a little messed up with me not knowing the exact
settings for the screen.
Adam Larson
Jonathan Maier (gt3130a@prism.gatech.edu) wrote:
: Hi all,
: I have a Micron Millennia laptop (p-120) running windoze 95. However, I
: am dissatisfied with win95's slow performance, memory hogging, etc. and
: have been considering installing a u**x OS. A friend reccommended me
: freeBSD. To anyone currently using it, does freebsd sound appropriate in
: my situation? I don't need multiuser access or configure it as a
: webserver or anything. I also need to preserve my ethernet connectivity,
: and I'd like to keep win95 still on the system, (i.e. be able to boot to
: freebsd or win95). Has anyone else been successfull at this? Is it worth
: it? Has anybody done it on a micron millennia laptop?
: Thanks!
: --
: Best,
: Jonathan Maier
: gt3130a@prism.gatech.edu
: "If you can't find a good job after graduating from here, there's a good
: chance it's not Tech that's at fault."
: --Adam Barr (posted on git.announce 11/24/96)
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