From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jul 18 20: 7:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from office.ompages.com (ppp-209-160-172-228.01.promedia.net [209.160.172.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7284114D7B for ; Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:07:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from publisher@laptop.ompages.com) Received: from laptop.ompages.com [192.168.1.2] (mail) by office.ompages.com with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1 (Debian)) id 1163q7-0006hD-00; Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:11:39 -0700 Received: from publisher by laptop.ompages.com with local (Exim 2.05 #1 (Debian)) id 1163oK-0000LP-00; Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:09:48 -0700 Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:09:48 -0700 From: Nate To: Summoner , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A new soldier in the ranks Message-ID: <19990718200948.A297@laptop.ompages.com> References: <37928AFD.DBF9EC5A@uswest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <37928AFD.DBF9EC5A@uswest.net>; from Summoner on Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 07:18:37PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 07:18:37PM -0700, Summoner wrote: > I'm not new to computers by a long shot, but I've never really > touched unix beyond the shell accounts I had with ISPs of way back in > the days before PPP and 14.4kbps modems. I've never tried running my > own unix system, so it will be quite the learning experience I hope. Using Win98 is not the same as knowing how to use computers. You will find that this is a very exciting learning experience. If you have trouble learning how to use FreeBSD I'm told RedHat 6.0 is a good intro to unix-like OSes. Good luck. -- _ NatePuri ("natedawg") o m p a g e s . c o m Certified Law Student p e r c r v t i o f i McGeorge School of Law e d i c a e a n m n Sacramento, CA n i v e t r y m d publisher@ompages.com a a s e y s t u s n8fs0n@softcom.net t s d o h n http://www.ompages.com e n i i UIN: 43504034 e s t y To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message