From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 13 19:51:11 2007 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 43FE916A417 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:51:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mary.e@swbell.net) Received: from web82505.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web82505.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.86.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0AFA813C46B for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:51:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mary.e@swbell.net) Received: (qmail 79994 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Aug 2007 19:51:09 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=swbell.net; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=jTBYIciCSDTEwxgEa9EpH3mRB6l9H9HFqCAwP9nPY8FS7Ynqqcpbozw66LMQIVcEx2iKHyU2/iN+9VRWDdtBDDGzzMlyyOY2p4J3Ey3iy/Ue1qT0vFBWX/4LEwbzFwnScDJ5Bi49nQpwDszgMwAIhsPRDdh75skJDjSffzvbv1k=; X-YMail-OSG: QvFXOl4VM1nQcB5bH5.rZPU81fHIQeCkE2_jewiUPOlWPYChkx9DkqOvh7v5Au_NSM1x3NIlQuJJP3qH9QC.tkX.kgtC0edAJDUa Received: from [70.130.131.50] by web82505.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:51:09 PDT Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:51:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Mary Evans To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <525534.79087.qm@web82505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Three things . . . 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: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:51:11 -0000 1: OS X (Leopard) due out in September has been declared to be Unix. Here's a link to a slash dot article. (I first saw it on Tech Net, I think, but couldn't find the reference.) http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/123258&from=rss So to the guy who wants to be convinced, what you probably want is relief from Windows. Get a Mac whenthe new OS X is available. 2: I'm now pouring over everything I can find about making a reliable backup/ I've just gotten FBSD 6.2 installed with the minimum of my favorite utilities and programs. I want to save the configuration as it is so that . . . 3: I'm going to try to install an rpm package directly. (i.e., install an rpm file in using Linux environment) I want to use NX server, but I thought of trying the stuff directly from Nomachine. I read an account (O'Reilly network article?) of a guy who has done it a few times. If it fails and I screw up the uninstall, I'll restore my system and go ahead with Freenx. Given my track record with stuff when I go "Hmmmm, Wonder if . . . " I want to at least be able to restore to the point where I am, now. (Cross your fingers for me, you guys!) marye