From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 20 19:02:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 310B6106566C for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:02:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7530A8FC13 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:02:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m2KJ268f059529; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:02:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m2KJ26w3059528; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:02:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:02:06 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Edward Capriolo Message-ID: <20080320190206.GA59493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <000001c88a5c$82d01b40$887051c0$@com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Donald Laniohan , FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:02:14 -0000 On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 02:56:02PM -0400, Edward Capriolo wrote: > For a kick, tell you brother that free BSD is no good. Install linux > on the server and start your own consulting company! > > I mean seriously! 14 replies to a thread about nothing. Let it die everyone! Hey, you old grouch. Spring is coming. Take a deep breath and enjoy it. ////jerry > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Donald Laniohan wrote: > > My task is to build a BSD server and do something with it. That is all the > > information he gave me, that, and any questions I have to make Google my > > best friend, which I have. i remember building my first whitebox, it was a > > 386 with windows 3.1. I remember when I built my 486 and stole a copy of > > windows 95. I thought I was a savage. BSD, however, has showed me how > > juvenile I have been. If I do not master BSD my brother is going to keep me > > as a desktop support for his windows clients and I want to progress past > > this. So he's giving me a 1u, and said to put BSD on it and make it do > > something, im just so stuck in my windows comfort zone I can't think of what > > I would need a unix server to that I couldn't make windows do for me. I know > > this is trivial but if somebody could offer any suggestion or resource I, > > and my career, would greatly appreciate it > > > > > > > > Donald Laniohan > > > > MLAN Consulting > > > > San Diego, CA > > > > donald@mlansd.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"