Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 08:05:35 -0000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Glen Rushing" <glen@dfsi.net> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Another newbies list Inquiry Message-ID: <00ea01bf01ac$98200060$827e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <NDBBJMHAKKLLMBFNMKDDGEBBCCAA.joe_pepin@ins.com> <001b01bf01a4$6bfefac0$827e03cb@apana.org.au> <026e01bf0154$0653d060$8b6931cc@dfsi.net>
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I'm relatively new to *nix generally after years of NT4 ..... I messed around with the "toy" nixes before getting FreeBSD some weeks ago. It took a bit of learning to get past enough of the the weirdness to get it functional in a basic form, but its certainly proven to be a lot more reliable for server work than NT4 ever was ...... I don't know that I'd ever use it for desktop applications as I haven't had good experiences with KDE and I just can't come to grips with the likes of the "mount" insanity endemic to all CLI mode *nixes. I use a combination of Win98 / Win2000 / Solaris / SCO for applications other than the server as they do what I want in particular situations. As for the "acquire" issue, I've never been able to install FreeBSD satisfactorily any other way than from CD .... that always works well for me. In theory at least you can download via FTP and install directly or from floppy, but I've never been able to get that to work and judging from the mailing list a bunch of others have had similar problems ...... at least the CD thing works without fuss > What is the consensus here on the best way to acquire FreeBsd? > Download it off the FTP site or order the CDROM distribution? If > downloading is the best answer, is there a LIST of which files are needed to > download? I looked at the FTP site and wasn't sure WHICH files I needed to > download. I'll be installing initially over a WIN 98 machine, then later > over my WINNT machines if all works out well enough. > Don't TAR & FEATHER me now but I am currently a WINNT user as an ISP and > am looking into FreeBsd since it appears to require much less RAM/RESOURCES > etc. > Direct comments about the pros and cons would be appreciated, but > please be serious so I can confirm what I have already been reading about > FreeBSD. > > Thanks to all in advance! > Glen Rushing > DFSI, Inc. > > > > 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
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