From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 08:50:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C30F16A4BF for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net (scanmail2.cableone.net [24.116.0.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3A5743F93 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:49:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lute@cableone.net) Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net ([10.116.0.122]) by scanmail2.cableone.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.687.68); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:47:42 -0700 Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net [24.116.0.122] by scanmail2.cableone.net (SMTPD32-7.04) id A69B18F800FA; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:47:42 -0700 Received: from agnes (24-116-227-234.cpe.cableone.net [24.116.227.234]) by mail.cableone.net with SMTP (MailShield v2.04 - WIN32 Jul 17 2001 17:12:42); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:47:42 -0600 Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:45:12 -0500 From: Lute Mullenix To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030819104512.5693fd1b.lute@cableone.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.3claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SMTP-HELO: agnes X-SMTP-MAIL-FROM: lute@cableone.net X-SMTP-PEER-INFO: 24-116-227-234.cpe.cableone.net [24.116.227.234] Subject: Re: 60 days X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:50:02 -0000 Congrats there Scott. I have been using FreeBSD for about 3 years now and have never used it for anything but a desktop. Since I have never had any need to be compatible with anything else it's worked out great for me, though I do understand that it can play well with others. BTW I have had it installed on two low end IBM machines both which behaved quite nicely. One of these days I have to get off my dead butt and get 5.1 installed on here :P. -- Lute ************************ * Power Provided * * by * * FreeBSD 5.0 RELEASE * ************************