Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 05:12:20 +1000 From: "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre@telebot.net> To: "David Wolfskill" <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: <newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which software? Message-ID: <002001bf0421$916af140$4df993cb@demuire> References: <199909201457.HAA27519@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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*snip* > Well, I certainly haven't had reason to use mtools sine '94, and have no > expectation of needing them again. I expect it's because you either don't use floppies (which is a good thing, I'd say), or have an alternative means to accessing them..in which case could you tell me what it is? > Nearly the same story with bash -- never used it; don't see a need to. > (Have seen it misbehave for others, which is additional disincentive to > bother.) Have heard a number of people comment on this, but no one mentions a reason..could you shed some light on this? Is there another shell that would be more intuitive to the uninitiated newbie? I've tried sh (<-naturally...figuring out how to make bash my login shell was one of my many trials.), and csh, which I found very, very user-unfriendly. > Use X, yes; also gcc, but both of these are selectable from the FreeBSD > distribution. Once you have that (and gzip), you should be able to get > just about anything available in source form, compile, & install it. Noted. > Not quite sure why you seem to have wanted private replies only; this > would have seemed an appropriate topic for group discussion. (Ref. the > "Reply-To:" header quoted above.) MMmmm...newbie mistake :) Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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