From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 6 14: 7: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B47114BFF for ; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 14:06:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA46235 for ; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:06:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:06:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Linux install Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I just had to go help a friend install a Linux system. He's a true newbie, and it doesn't look like he's headed towards programming, so when I couldn't talk him out of leaving Windows (which he's pretty good at), I figured Linux is probably more friendly, and shoved him towards RedHat. I didn't want him complining that I had him on what I think of as a programmer's system (FreeBSD, of course). Heck with that, it's the last time I try Linux. Their install is nowhere near as easy as FreeBSD's, at least to him and I. From what I can tell, they don't even have usermode ppp at all, and getting their kernel mode ppp working hasn't been fun. ---------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@mat.net | communications topic, C programming, Unix and 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | carpentry. It's all in the design! Greenbelt, MD 20770 | picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD/i386 (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD/Alpha ---------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message