[GLLUG] new guy to Linux, need a few reccomendations

[STeve Andre']

In the case of OpenBSD, go to openbsd.org and start reading.
The FAQ is excellent, and other parts of the site give explainations
on various things; its worth reading.  The BSD cultures--and OpenBSD
especially--value people 'doing their homework' first before asking
all sorts of questions.  Between the install guide, FAQ and website
I've hadfriends install OpenBSD along with (third party) packages
with nothing else.  There is also a "books that help" section on
the site.

--STeve Andre'

On Wednesday 20 January 2010 19:34:24 Bert W. Carrier Jr. wrote:
> Thanks for the advice, guys.   I'll try to install Fluxbox, and see how
> that works.   I know nothing about BSD, so now is probably a good time
> to start learning.  what are some good resources for BSD?
>
> On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 19:01 -0500, STeve Andre' wrote:
> > On Wednesday 20 January 2010 18:54:56 Bert W. Carrier Jr. wrote:
> > > Hello folks,
> > >
> > >
> > > I am new to the group, and I have been using Ubuntu 9.10 for a few
> > > months now on my main box. I like it quite well, and I rarely boot to
> > > XP at all anymore. I tried Kubuntu, and did'nt care for it as it was
> > > slow and crashed often.   I also am running Xubuntu on one of my P4
> > > laptops, and it seems ok.
> > >
> > > My question is:   I have a P3, 500mhz dinosaur laptop with 192mb RAM,
> > > and I want to run linux on it for word processing, email, and web
> > > surfing.   I tried Xubuntu with no success, it's far too slow.  I
> > > installed the base Ubuntu system from the alternate install CD, and
> > > installed IceWM, but I didn't care for that.   I don't think I am ready
> > > to build my own version of a GUI.  What is a good, prepackaged distro
> > > for a slow old beater?
> > >
> > > How about Fluxbox, has anyone tried it?    Sorry if I come off like a
> > > total noob,  but I guess if the shoe fits, right?
> > >
> > > Bert
> >
> > OpenBSD.
> >
> > Seriously!  A 500MHz Dell with  512M can do a lot.  192M means you'll
> > be swapping with just about anything if you are doing real things,
> > but thats a fast enough machine that you can do a lot with it.  Since
> > you are testing things out, a BSD experience is worthwhile.  ;-)
> >
> > --STeve Andre'
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