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Well, the XFree86 upgrade didn’t help much. The plan now is to nab a cheapo PCI video card (no AGP slot). Also couldn’t get the kernel to detect the integrated 10/100 Ethernet (Broadcom 4401) or my ActionTec PCI Lite modem (Agere chip) so I gotta look for another modem as well. Since the third PCI slot is already holding a Pinnacle PCTV card, I may have to do without a network connection unless I grab an external modem. No great loss there.

On the other hand (and I hate to admit it), XP Home Edition runs stinking fast, perhaps as quickly as FreeBSD in this particular configuration.