From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 2 01:06:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA23933 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 01:06:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nico.telstra.net (nico.telstra.net [139.130.204.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id BAA23926 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 01:06:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by nico.telstra.net (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id SAA06828; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 18:04:16 +1000 Received: (grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id RAA29715; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 17:33:57 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970902173357.09321@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 17:33:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Annelise Anderson Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: What do *you* want to know about FreeBSD? References: <19970902155127.39035@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: ; from Annelise Anderson on Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 12:57:52AM -0700 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 12:57:52AM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> I'm currently working on the next edition of "The Complete FreeBSD", >> which will be significantly more complete than the current version. >> In addition to the current topics, which will be brought up to date, I >> am including a lot of material on networking. Here are the chapters >> to show the general structure: >> > [snip] >> Networks and the Internet >> Setting up a network > > In this section it seems there have been a lot of questions lately (and > I'm interested myself) in connecting to (etc) NT machines--samba and > other options....maybe even a comparison of what the alternatives offer > as servers....if I want to do something simple like set up an NT machine > in the same room with the FreeBSD machine, how do I get them to talk to > each other--hardware, software.... I was afraid you would say that. Yes, you're right, of course, but I don't have any Microsoft in the house, and I wouldn't know how to start. Is there anybody out there (you, perhaps?) who could help me write a chapter on it? >> My question to each of you: what else would you like to see? >> >> Greg > > Annelise > > P.S. Also a recent phenomenon is questions from people who've been > using Linux--a little something on "Making the Transition," perhaps-- > a few notes on what's different, with references back to other sections > (e.g., System Administration) that might have the detailed info... Ah yes, thanks for reminding me. I was at least going to write something about the differences between Linux and FreeBSD, though I don't know if there's enough there to write sensibly about how to move from Linux to FreeBSD. Greg