From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Dec 13 13:41:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from www.slackwit.com (static37.dsl.compuage.net [63.151.205.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86E3B37B405 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:41:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by www.slackwit.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4FE1418CB2; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:41:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:41:09 -0500 From: Kelly Hendrix To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: FreeBSD Chat , Mike Meyer Subject: Re: EzBSD aint for me! Was: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <20011213164109.A16491@www.slackwit.com> Reply-To: Kelly Hendrix References: <20011211140107.A67653@FreeBSD.org><0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><01121010202100.00345@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><20011211144049.A14693@acidpit.org><20011211214943.A4489@tisys.org><15382.29599.349155.309028@guru.mired.org><20011211230257.A5157@tisys.org><4.3.2.7.2.20011212181551.015734a8@threespace.com><15384.11772.363959.693167@guru.mired.org><003701c18398$07091d30$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15384.17244.476714.955574@guru.mired.org><004901c1839d$b273c440$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15384.19146.990082.336336@guru.mired.org><005201c183a1$39ae92c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15384.20874.658211.478300@guru.mired.org> <008401c183a5$1f1cace0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <008401c183a5$1f1cace0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 08:08:39AM +0100 X-Freebsd-Version: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 08:08:39AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Mike writes: > > > I do. And I've seen people do that with Unix > > as well. Since it only takes one example to > > disprove such an assertion, your original > > assertion about Unix require an expert to > > set it up and maintain it is false. > > I find that sufficiently implausible that I'd have to see it to believe it. > FreeBSD, in particular, cannot be installed by persons with no knowledge of > IT. Even installation of NT/2000 server requires that much. In late 1997, I ordered FreeBSD 2.2.5 and Greg Lehey's book from Walnut Creek. I repartioned my computer's hard drive, and installed FreeBSD on my machine and managed to get both X-windows and ppp working, having never worked on a Unix system in my life. I'd bought my PC in March of '96, and the only experience I'd had with OS's up to that point was Windows 95. (Well, I did have a Commodore 64 years before) I'm proof that you don't need IT experience to get a Unix system up and running. Kelly -- ______________________________________________________________________ | There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a | | miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. | | | | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | |______________________________________________________________________| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message