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To: Michael Simon <sim@bigweb.com>
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Subject: Re: New FreeBSD SysAdmin 
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 01:39:16 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> FreeBSD -- I know they are a few on the freebsd.org page, but I'd like some
> reccommendations. Also - Should FreeBSD be able to run BSDI 4.x binaries? Do

Buy Evi Nemeth's book.  It's in the cites.  BSDI 1.x binaries will
work with any current release of FreeBSD.  BSDI 2.x binaries will
only work with FreeBSD-current, though this will go into 2.1.1.

					Jordan


> I have to do anything else? Thanks for your help and I hope to be able to
> contribute questions and answers often.
> 
> -Mike Simon
> 
> 
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> Michael Simon
> 	Event Horizon
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> In the Unix System Administration Handbook, Evi Nemeth has this to say about
> daemons:
> 
>      "Many people equate the word ``daemon'' with the word ``demon,''
> implying some kind of Satanic 
> connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious
> misunderstanding. ``Daemon'' is 
> actually a much older form of ``demon''; daemons have no particular bias
> towards good or evil, but 
> rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient
> Greeks' concept of a 
> ``personal daemon'' was similar to the modern concept of a ``guardian
> angel'' --- ``eudaemonia'' 
> is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule,
> UNIX systems seem to be 
> infested with both daemons and demons." (p403) 
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>