Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 17:09:57 -0500 From: "AKellerhouse" <AKellerhouse@email.msn.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: newbie stuff 8P Message-ID: <000801c030ab$547ea260$775d5c18@midsouth.rr.com>
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Hi I hope your not to busy to help me with some very basic type questions.
While on Napster I noticed someone uploading from me with a ridiculousy FAST transfer rate. I asked him what his secret was and he explained he had messed with his tcp/ip buffer size and that he ran his cable modem through Free.BSD. He recomended I download it. So here I am at the website.
I am not a computer beginner, but am definately not more than novice and am confused by what excactly I use FreeBSD for. From what I gather here it is an operating system (such as Windows 9x). Will installing this remove my Windows 98, work with it, require me to manually boot into it, act like the DOS prompt within Windows, or what?
Is it strictly for Internet transactions? I dunno.
Should I, in my ignorance, not mess with it?
Everthing I've read says FreeBSD is unbeatable for its price/stability/ease of use. I must be missing some very basic knowledge because I am lost.
Sorry to bother you with such newbie type questions, but if you have the time, please, send me a clue!
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi I hope your not to busy to help me with some
very basic type questions. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> While on Napster I noticed
someone uploading from me with a ridiculousy FAST transfer rate. I asked him
what his secret was and he explained he had messed with his tcp/ip buffer size
and that he ran his cable modem through Free.BSD. He recomended I download it.
So here I am at the website. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I am not a computer beginner,
but am definately not more than novice and am confused by what excactly I use
FreeBSD for. From what I gather here it is an operating system (such as
Windows 9x). Will installing this remove my Windows 98, work with it, require me
to manually boot into it, act like the DOS prompt within Windows, or
what?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Is it strictly for Internet
transactions? I dunno.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Should I, in my ignorance, not
mess with it?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Everthing I've read says FreeBSD
is unbeatable for its price/stability/ease of use. I must be missing some very
basic knowledge because I am lost. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Sorry to bother you with such
newbie type questions, but if you have the time, please, send me a
clue!</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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