From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Dec 21 13: 1:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from goblin.apana.org.au (goblin.apana.org.au [203.3.126.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B254155A5 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:01:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by goblin.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17240; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 07:55:11 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from oracle.apana.org.au(203.3.126.130), claiming to be "ORACLE" via SMTP by goblin.apana.org.au, id smtpdI17238; Wed Dec 22 07:55:06 1999 Message-ID: <004801bf4bf6$d611ec00$827e03cb@ORACLE> From: "Doug Young" To: "Haikal Saadh" Cc: References: <000701bf4b1d$c76ff040$8ec101ca@bandhu> <19991221003256.D6B8E639F7@zagnut.hotpop.com> <004901bf4ba0$4bb38510$827e03cb@ORACLE> <000d01bf4bde$0c62fce0$6dc101ca@bandhu> Subject: Re: Experiences Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 07:03:29 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.5600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org dunno if I'm beginning to turn gekish but I'm thinking about going straight from 3.2 to 4.0 :) ...... well its not as if my FreeBSD box does a lot of strenuous work .... it just runs a permanent modem connection to my non-profit organization "internet access provider" with an assortment of other machines on a LAN ..... downloading the whole 600Mb or whatever isn't really a problem if I time it for off-peak hours ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haikal Saadh" To: "Doug Young" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 4:06 AM Subject: Re: Experiences > Amen to that...RedHat absolutely refused to install on my system, so I gave > up on it...I didn't hear about FreeBSD until that daemon made it's first > appearence on UserFriendly...And I gave it a try, downloading all 300 megs > over me poor 56k modem, and from then on, I've never looked back. Oh and i > did end up getting 'The Complete FreeBSD'..that tome was held close to me > during much of the early days, and still comes in handy for reference. > > Gonna get 3.4 soon after it's off the presses. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Doug Young > To: m > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: Experiences > > > > NO ...... but then I did something REAL stupid ..... I tried to make sense > > of linux for ages before > > I saw the light & changed over to "real" unixes :) If anyone thinks > FreeBSD > > info is poor, either they haven't tried to fathom that linux stuff > > previously (its TOTALLY unintelligible !!!), or haven't read > > Greg Lehey's excellent tome "The Complete FreeBSD" > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "m" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:32 AM > > Subject: Experiences > > > > > > > > > > I'm stuck with FreeBSD. I need more days to rest, and more clear info. > > > My question is, ever get stuck with it? hated it? wanted to throw it > > > into an active vulcan tied to a huge rock with a big neon sign that read > > > 'steal/kick/smash me'? > > > > > > Thanks, just airing my frustation. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > > > --------------- > > > "Welcome to my house! Enter freely. Go safely, and leave > > > something of the happiness you bring!" The strength of > > > the handshake was so much akin to that which I had noticed > > > in the driver, whose face I had not seen, that for a moment I > > > doubted if it were not the same person to whom I was speaking. > > > So to make sure, I said interrogatively, "Count Dracula?" > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message