From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 1 16:18:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D90CB106566C for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:18:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeremyhooks@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f206.google.com (mail-bw0-f206.google.com [209.85.218.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 669A68FC0A for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:18:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so92828bwz.43 for ; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:18:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=tFeEhMCOP3UiVET3z37zjRT7SPP09HmerTbisX+HQCY=; b=mIebFpmxhXVMhyeaFMYksVw9MZLWTU+rb+4/bBkRucOxyXCcfOqLdCp0DgixPWvbVq 10ARadNNkkq7eCDahOpmd3jjC2/VBEZN3+xDiK0Xihh6EFFbqKhtoyYzUWrptL8/wl0A u01YOKMGxuGtmjIk6adHiog/S5hzTMNrmCicM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=Dcl0GaExVz51uD5v8HG6uGt/I92s5mdVcOKdea+U6d6kzajFF93LLB43lroYkmXo75 yFJ8ABe1XyK6/PfAfmpR5JQ0sCtizPX/hk3zIEFRVciWB7/mfuBP0poRbTBn2h8Hbjtk 9bRKnDC2Xueu5rO1pzuQO9gAGASDuO94/B73Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.143.79 with SMTP id t15mr2992239fau.26.1251821903061; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:18:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <159170.69145.qm@web65505.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> References: <20090831120031.3591A10656C0@hub.freebsd.org> <159170.69145.qm@web65505.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:18:23 +0100 Message-ID: From: Jeremy Hooks To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: questions about FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:18:24 -0000 2009/8/31 James Phillips : ... >> I have some questions about FreeBSD. The questions I had in >> mind are: > > Such general questions imply "homework assignment." Indeed, I found "General features (at least three)? Firewall, GUI, Networking and so on." quite amusing. I am surprised he didn't include the marking scheme for us and his teacher's email address so that we could save him the bother of handing it in. > Somebody already replied with a link to the Handbook: It mainly covers installing and configuring FreeBSD. If that were the only response, he probably would have just printed the handbook out and handed it in - given the amount of effort he took to hide the fact that it was a home work question. That said, he *might* actually learn something about FreeBSD, which is probably more than can be said for the rest of his class.