From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 6:12:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [194.228.200.160]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 829F237B432 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 06:12:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g2QEBt802492; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:11:55 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.9a) with ESMTP id 2002032615114076:5535 ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:11:40 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2QEPrq17158; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:25:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:25:53 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Charles Burns Cc: chip@wiegand.org, james@dragonmount.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie who is fed up with windows! Message-ID: <20020326142553.GE389@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Charles Burns , chip@wiegand.org, james@dragonmount.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.9a |January 7, 2002) at 03/26/2002 03:11:40 PM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.9a |January 7, 2002) at 03/26/2002 03:11:54 PM, Serialize complete at 03/26/2002 03:11:54 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: "Charles Burns" > To: chip@wiegand.org, james@dragonmount.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Newbie who is fed up with windows! > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:42:38 -0700 > > > I didn't catch the original message (again), so I'll reply to a reply: > > If the modem is, in fact, a WinModem (which, BTW, means that the modem > functions-the modulation and demodulation-are done by your CPU instead of > the modem itself) it may work in Linux. From what I understand from the posts to this list, you just might be able to use this modem in FreeBSD. It is my understanding that a good portion of the so-called winmodems use a chip by Lucent Technologies, and there's a "driver" (kernel module, actually) for this in the ports: /usr/ports/comms/ltmdm. > Linux may also be a better choice for a new Unix user, due to the fact > that there are severl distributions of Linux that are more user > friendly that will more smoothly ease you into the Unix way of doing > things, which is almost always different. Linux might be better choice if you're not really interested in the inner workings of the system. I mean, every gui gets in the way on the (generally correct) premise that if you prefer a gui, you don't want to know how it works, and you don't want to, because you would only got confused from too much information. And then there's the "Linux User" attitude... I've found FreeBSD people to be much friendlier than 99% Linux users I've ever met. Especially to newbies. > I have found that FreeBSD users are more likely to have come from > other Unix systems, such as Linux or Solaris, and have found that they > like its design better. It is generally not considered the best > choice for someone arriving freshly from Windows, though. I did it. You can do it, too. -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 3:14PM up 1 day, 22:59, 14 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message