[H-GEN] Computing without GUI

[Ron]

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John,

>                    Having come late to computing I feel deprived of a
> life experience by all the GUI's I have to use. It is my intention to
> add a second hard drive to our machine and carry out everyday computing
> without a GUI. From looking around I feel that Slackware or FreeBSD are
> my best bet,if there are any insuperable obstacles to this idea please
> let me know.

I spend most of my time on FreeBSD without using any GUI and I can
assure you it's not only possible, it's feasible. FreeBSD is solid, can
run Linux as well as FreeBSD apps and can be easily updated on the fly.

Ron Shafran

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