Version of; Difficulty with Presario Compaq

bees571wax at fastmail.fm bees571wax at fastmail.fm
Tue Mar 3 17:46:33 PST 2009


I have an old laptop I'd like to try FreeBSD on. It is a Compaq Presario
1610 with 80MB Ram and a 1.5GB HD. Can anyone advise me what version of
FreeBSD I should try and how many problems I will run into?
I looked briefly at

In particular I am concerned with:

a)continuning to use a yahoo chat client with a little mini cam with
drivers that I have only tried on windows 98SE, or I could use any cam
with any yahoo compatible chat client as second preference.
b) any problems with Tor 
c) secure web browsers that will run under FreeBSD on this hardware
d) cd drivers for this laptop
e) any other driver problems either as to obtaining or operation.
f) possible use of wireshark
g) compatiblity and drivers for a wifi pcmcia card senao knockoff prism
2.5 chipset
h) any other problems, especially would like to hear from those that
have tried it on this laptop.

Also what is the minimum HD space requirements, ram, etc for FreeBSD
with the above applications in mind?

Thanks for any helpful info.
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