From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 16 02:41:16 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C208916A4CE for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 02:41:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62DB443D45 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 02:41:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so745221rng for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:41:16 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=gGNDsWgp3JWY2eMu+HLZTaYAXcelD5GErgRlqeJWKA75XOC/j652XZ7nXpl8iN1fkcGC822SnuUuBySlRVoewSmPOy6brIZ7OTW3dLujs+FtmhIDVCSEU0lRFBwN3BfN487g1OOAQfgWGpFhm+R0BwasbNg2CxIeCsRvVuChvO0= Received: by 10.38.149.73 with SMTP id w73mr3609871rnd; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:41:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? ([59.93.160.79]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id r34sm139151rna.2005.04.15.19.41.14; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:41:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <42607B44.4020406@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:11:08 +0530 From: Subhro User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050414071958.23388.qmail@web54004.mail.yahoo.com> <2b5f066d050414055716d3a12a@mail.gmail.com> <425E7195.7070901@gmail.com> <200504160112.05071.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <849508538.20050416025228@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <849508538.20050416025228@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: India had no FreeBSD mirror sites ?!? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 02:41:16 -0000 Anthony Atkielski wrote: >RW writes: > > > >>Most UK ISPs wont even touch Linux. If I'd tried to ask my ISP to setup >>FreeBSD, I'd have to go through an Indian call-centre where I'd get asked >>which versions of Windows and Internet Explorer I'm using. >> >> > >Why do you need an ISP's help to set up FreeBSD, anyway? > > > You got it wrong. *I* being old hands at FreeBSD, don't require their help. But if I install FBSD on my little sisters PC, she would be requiring some help. If I am around, thats not a problem. But if I am not, the first place she would go to is the ISP, which i very much expected. But unfortunately they are completely clueless. Best Regards S.