From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jun 11 11:14:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA07915 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 11:14:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bob.tri-lakes.net ([207.3.81.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA07900 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 11:14:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [207.3.81.131] by bob.tri-lakes.net (NTMail 3.02.13) with ESMTP id fa206523 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 13:14:52 -0500 Message-ID: <339EA0C2.41C67EA6@tri-lakes.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 12:57:48 +0000 From: Chris Dillon X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cliff Addy CC: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Internet providers discouraging customers from unix References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Cliff Addy wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Stephen A. Derdau wrote: > > > > on five platforms (MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, FreeBSD) and > > > FreeBSD turned out to be the easiest. OS/2 was a nighmare. > > I have to jump in on this. I've never had an easier time than with OS/2 > and FreeBSD, as much as I like and use it, was the worst. I frequent #FreeBSD on the Undernet (actually, I'm the channel owner) and used to get frequent pleas for help in setting up userland-ppp (I won't even get into kernel-ppp ) and had to finally create my own little step-by-step help file to help people get it set up. The manpage for ppp in FBSD 2.1.x and even the FAQ didn't seem to help them much (They were informational enough for me, at least). I noticed the greatly-improved documentation of ppp in 2.2.x while also noting a greatly decreased number of pleas for help. ;-> I haven't lately checked the FAQ so I don't know if it has had any improvements made to it in the area of setting up userland-ppp. Chris Dillon