Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:11:59 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please help me find linux! Message-ID: <199811051911.IAA05388@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199811051423.JAA15859@emi.net>
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On 5 Nov 98, at 10:25, Steve Friedrich wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Nov 1998 23:48:10 -0800, Tony Berg wrote:
>
> >ok i am new at this and dont want to mess it up.
> >I am using win95 now and i want to use linux instead.
> >What i want to know is how to download linux to my hard drive or 3.5
> >drive what ever is easer. I also need to know where exactly to get it and
> >what do i need to click on does it say linx on it ? What software will i
> >need to get so i can go online with it?
>
> This is NOT a linux mail list. It is for FreeBSD. If it's FreeBSD
> that you actually want, go to www.freebsd.org and read the
> documentation. If it's linux that you want, go to www.redhat.com or
> www.cdrom.com and read the documentation.
>
> I can't believe how many mail id's are attached to this email. I
> don't know which one is you. Send your freebsd questions to
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ONLY.
Steve,
I believe the original message was a troll. Here's part of the headers:
From: Tony Berg <-boneP@casco.net>
Send reply to: 1116@FreeBSD.ORG, 7th@FreeBSD.ORG, av@FreeBSD.ORG,
se@FreeBSD.ORG, albany@FreeBSD.ORG, or@FreeBSD.ORG,
97321@FreeBSD.ORG
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Please help me find linux!
The poster was "Tony Berg <-boneP@casco.net>". The reply-to field was
filled with other FreeBSD.org addresses. I assume this was to give those
people lots of email when people responded to the message. I guess the
troll figured it would generate a lot of traffic, presumably agressive.
To our benefit, it did not.
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Dan Langille
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