From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Aug 27 17: 2:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (law2-oe14.hotmail.com [216.32.180.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A6E3E14D48 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:02:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mchamhps@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 5635 invoked by uid 65534); 27 Aug 1999 23:59:51 -0000 Message-ID: <19990827235951.5634.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Originating-IP: [152.207.239.65] From: "mchamhps" To: References: Subject: Re: Yet another newbie Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:57:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org So when I get mine up & running with a P166 w/128 megs I'll be burning rubber! LOL! :o ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine Jaeger To: Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 4:15 AM Subject: Re: Yet another newbie > Hi Dan, > > Not only are there lots of aussies on this list (I'm in Adelaide) but my > sister lives in Warwick too. Her son is mad keen on getting into unix in a > big way, so please keep us informed if you get your user group going! > > Cheers, > Chris :) > > P.S. Of course this said nephew will have no choice but to run fbsd or else > Aunty will stop sending nice CD's full of goodies And yes, we also have > 386's merrily running fbsd! > > On 19-Aug-99 Don Hansford wrote: > > G'day Sue, > > Good to see another Aussie is on this list! > > Me and Pat (the mate with the M$-free zone) are drumming up business for a > > local Un*x User Group, and it's amazing who is showing interest. I just > > found out today that our ISP (halenet) is considering running a BSD Mirror > > Site. What a spinout!!!! One of the local schools has a Linux server, and > > the TAFE are considering running a Un*x night course. I feel like I've > > stepped out of the wilderness, and into /usr/local/heaven! > > BTW, is your 386 a DX40? (that's the techie coming out in me) > > Regards > > Igor > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Sue Blake > > To: mlduke > > Cc: Don Hansford ; > > Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 9:41 AM > > Subject: Re: Yet another newbie > > > > > >> On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 03:06:16PM -0600, mlduke wrote: > >> > > sure. Currently scavenging bits from work to build a 300 or better > > box. > >> > > >> > Welcome to the world of FBSD. As it happens, I just put a 350 box > > together > >> > with advice from my friend and Unix Mentor, the AIX Systems Engineer. > >> > >> Ha! You guys with your puny little systems... only 300, 350... > >> They must be at least ten years old. Mine's a whole 386 with a whopping > >> 8 megs of RAM! :-) And FreeBSD loves them all the same. > >> > >> :,) > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Regards, > >> -*Sue*- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Christine Jaeger > Date: 23-Aug-99 > Time: 18:36:30 > > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message