From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 16 19:12:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA10192 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 19:01:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA10078; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 18:59:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA13512; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 11:28:33 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA01512; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 11:28:31 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981017112830.P469@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 11:28:30 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: George , Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios Cc: FreeBSD , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: Walnut Creek vs. CheapBytes References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from George on Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 05:27:31PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday, 16 October 1998 at 17:27:31 -0700, George wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:03:29 -0200 (EDT) >> From: Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios >> To: FreeBSD >> Cc: FreeBSD Stable >> Subject: Walnut Creek vs. CheapBytes >> >> I wish to buy a FreeBSD dist. So i went to Walnut Creek and CheapBytes. >> ChepaBytes is very cheap, but my question is : >> >> Is CheapBytes 4CD the same of Walnut Creek 4CD ? >> >> Linux Slackware, for instance, is the same, no matter where you buy, if >> www.lsl.com or www.cheapbytes.com, right? Does F-BSD follow this line ? > > I bought FreeBSD with the book "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey. It > has 4 CD ROMs. You can't go wrong using FreeBSD. I like it over all the > rest, Linux, etc. Everything worked the first time, mouse, X windows, > PPP, dialins, etc. Jordan has already explained the difference between Walnut Creek and CheapBytes. We'd prefer you to buy Walnut Creek instead of CheapBytes. We'd prefer you to buy CheapBytes instead of nothing. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message