Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:56:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Pete Mckenna <pmckenna@uswest.net> To: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?=C5ge_J._Haugstad?=" <administrator@haugstad.com> Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: What now? Message-ID: <XFMail.990617095624.pmckenna@uswest.net> In-Reply-To: <005601beb89d$24d297b0$c12ad9c1@age.jobak.no>
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On 17-Jun-99 Åge J. Haugstad wrote: > I new that, it is just that I do not know if there should be a prompt after > booting PicoBSD or not! Can you give me a yes or no? Yes it should have a prompt. Pete > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Sue Blake > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 12:58 AM > To: administrator@haugstad.com > Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: What now? > > > On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 03:16:14PM +0200, Åge J. Haugstad wrote: >> I have never used any unix system before, but I found that PicoBSD >> might be suitable as an economic router/firewall. > > You always get what you pay for. With free unix you pay for it with study. > Unix is not designed to be user-friendly, but it is designed to do its > job very well. You have to become machine-friendly instead. > > PicoBSD is the worst way to learn unix that I can think of. It is a > very cut down version of a large powerful operating system, set up to > do a specific task for those who know what they are doing. There is no > documentation, no "help", you just have to know it. > > A better idea would be to get yourself a 486 or better with at least > 300MB disk space and install FreeBSD, not PicoBSD, and start learning. > Buy the new (3rd) edition of The Complete FreeBSD and work through it. > The book comes with a set of CDs from which you can install FreeBSD > and thousands of programs. > > Go to www.freebsd.org and from there: > 1 Follow the link at the bottom to FreeBSD Mall to buy the book and CDs > 2 Follow the link under Documentation to the Newbies guide, and explore > the many links on that page. > > Your 486 with a normal installation of FreeBSD will become a cheap > router and firewall, about the time that you become someone who is > actively learning about unix. > > Much later, when you really know what you're doing, you can apply what > you know to using PicoBSD on a machine with less disk space, if you > have a need to do it that way. > > Well that's my opinion. Others on this list are welcome to disagree. > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Pete Mckenna <pmckenna@uswest.net> Date: 17-Jun-99 Time: 09:48:26 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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