From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 18 08:12:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA28754 for current-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:12:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA28740 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:12:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA17260; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:12:44 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA16443; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:12:41 -0700 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:12:41 -0700 Message-Id: <199712181612.JAA16443@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com Cc: Sire Lancelot du Lac , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD description in the UNIX FAQ In-Reply-To: <19971217202231.02056@mooseriver.com> References: <19971217202231.02056@mooseriver.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I ftped the UNIX FAQ today from rtfm.mit.edu and I found: > > > > -- > > FreeBSD: 386bsd 0.1 with the patchkit applied, and many updated > > utilities. > > -- > > As a description of my favorite OS. > > Maybe it's time for an update, i almost forgot what the patchkit was like. > > Try to forget. In comparison with FreeBSD today the patchkit was like doing > your own dental work without the benefit of drugs If you think that's bad, think about actually 'building' the darn thing. It was more like ripping out *all* your teeth from your jaw and putting them back again, over and over again until you got it right. (All w/out the benefit of drugs again). :) :) Nate