Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 11:28:47 +0100 From: "James A Wilde" <james.wilde@telia.com> To: "Marc Schatz" <marcschatz@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ISP's Message-ID: <005c01bf5a8c$50e68870$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> References: <20000109084509.D0D7415028@hub.freebsd.org>
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ISP? I take it you mean Internet Service Provider? As the name implies, they provide a service and don't care much what you use at your end provided it uses the standard protocols, POP3, IMAP, etc. However, since you have a functional setup and, presumably, don't want to break it, can I suggest you either partition your hard disk with Windows on the first slice and room for FreeBSD on the second or beg, borrow or buy a second hard disk for FreeBSD. That way you can experiment with FreeBSD and go back to Windows when you a) get tired or b) need to contact the outside world. In the meantime you can experiment with setting up the appropriate packages on your FreeBSD setup. The first one you might need is some kind of X windows system to bring you relief from the somewhat brutal (for someone brought up on DOS) command line interface, followed by packages for surfing, mailing and all the other good things you do with your ISP. But don't expect your life will become easier... :) mvh/regards James Wilde ----- Original Message ----- From: <marcschatz@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, January 9, 2000 09:49 Subject: ISP's > Sorry to bug you, but... > I'm a bit new to this and don't know much about OS's etc. The FreeBSD sounds great! but > all I know is Windows. I have a free ISP. Is FreeBSD compatible with any of the free ISP's > out there? > Thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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