Hi ocean, thanks for the reply. Is there a browser that will work out of the box with flash? Most of the games the 5 y/o uses are flash-based.
> -----Original Message----- > From: ocean [mailto:ocean_i...@yahoo.it] > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:30 AM > To: Charles Howse > Cc: 'FreeBSD-Questions' > Subject: Re: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o > > i think it could go fine on this computer, use gnome lite and also add > the needed ports to have a fairly nice system (gnome-backgrounds > etc...). compile from ports with some optimizations (-O2 > -fno-strict-aliasing and consider if -pipe could be used or not based > on > your ram memory). for firefox consider you'll have probably to use also > linux compatibility layer with flash (don't know if it's on 6.4) > > for parental control check this thread in ml: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007- > June/152543.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007- > July/152728.html > > regards > ocean > > > Charles Howse wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a 6.4-STABLE machine running in command line only for my > Apache > > webserver. > > I'm thinking of installing a Gnome desktop on it for my 5 y/o > grandson and > > grown daughter to use so they won't be pestering me to use my pc. > > > > The 5 y/o won't need anything except Firefox, some disk-based games > and > > Parental Controls. > > For the Parental Controls, I need to limit the websites he can visit, > and > > the time of day he can use the computer. > > > > The daughter will only need Firefox and a decent word processor. > > > > The computer is a P3 600, 256mb ram, ATI 3D Rage IIc video, plenty of > disk > > space. > > > > Will Gnome2 or gnome-lite be faster? > > > > What is available for Parental Controls? > > > > Should I forget it because it will be too slow based on the machine's > > hardware? > > > > -- > > Later, > > Charles > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
