Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:03:00 -0400 From: Steve Kudlak <chromexa@ovis.net> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net>, "SILVER, MICHAEL A" <MSILVER@scana.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, 'Keith Davey' <kdavey@gus33.homeip.net>, 'David Johnson' <djohnson@acuson.com> Subject: Re: Newbie packages and more(Long Message Please Excuse) Message-ID: <3DAAF8C4.96DF4BDD@ovis.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10210140334540.6379-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Annelise Anderson wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Doug Young wrote: > > > > > FWIW, I'd like to see the VNC application included as a standard package in > > FreeBSD .... its infinitely > > more usable than commercial Windows equivalents like pcAnywhere / Terminal > > Services / etc & has the > > advantage of being usable in virtually all operating systems. > > > vnc (vncserver and vncviewer) are not part of the base install, > but they've been in the ports collection for a long time; I use > them. > > And the documentation is quite good, from the web site. > > Annelise > > -- > Annelise Anderson > Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC > Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com (with 4.6.2 installation CD) > Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message Thanks for the info. There is no newsgroup for "rusty BSDers":) Most of my experience is some years old. So I am not really a "newbie" but someone who wants to polish up their skills. Since I dislike Windows * which one is often by circumstance forced to use in work environments. Almost all the printers and Graphic Arts folks I know love MACs which are "BSD under the Hood" but have this curious mix of "Open" and closed. Legend has it Apple doesn't really want one to really get to the # prompt and start doing things. I know one must be careful at the # prompt...but is running a cron or at job such a bad thing. But in general I like the *nix world much better than the * WIndows world. I just want to get people in the real world read printers(the humans with those offset press things..to whom the words 4-color and CMY mean something:) and Graphic Artists to know the systems they use and be aware there is a choice. I guess that makes me a *nix evangelist. Like any good evangelist I feel oppressed by superior forces I must struggle against.:) Said partially in jest. I am also interested in security issues. So I probably will have to poke around Trusted BSD for that. So when people propose things like this thing will let you use your computer from anywhere I want to look into and make sure it is reasonably secure. Anyway I hope this is not way off list. If someone can point me to a better list then I will post there. Now here in *BSD* land mostly I lurk but sometimes I come out of the shadows and say something. Because I am not a regular I may not be aware of the finepoints as to where someone supposedly should say something. Have Fun, Sends Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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