From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 25 03:15:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA00536 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 03:15:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oz.phear.net (slwag1p21.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA00514 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 03:15:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by oz.phear.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA00816; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 22:15:18 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 22:15:17 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: Chris Falco cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Should I dump Windows 95 for Free BSD? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > > On 24-Oct-98 Chris Falco wrote: [snip] > > Do you > > know of any forums where Free BSD is discussed that I might lurk about in for > > a bit & see what's up? Thanks in advance. Cheers. > You might also want to check out #FreeBSD on Undernet and Efnet. > Yes, the mailing lists, one of which you've obviously already discovered. :-) > Also, visit the web site (http://www.freebsd.org) and read, read, read! > Another idea might also be to stop by your local bookstore and see if they have 'The Complete FreeBSD' by Greg Lehey. You obviously won't be able to read the whole thing, but skimming through it might give you a better idea about the operating system before installing it. If you decide you're serious about trying it out, I'd definetly recommend getting the book. > By the way, please don't post HTML to the lists. Thanks. The NOSPAM in your email address also isn't a good idea when posting to the mailing lists :-) Jim : Jim Mock | [jim@phrantic.phear.net] : : Phear Networks | web: http://www.phear.net/ : : A franchise of Triax, Inc. | ----------------------------- : : Web Site Design & Hosting | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message