Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:23:44 -0500 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: "A.K" <blorb@biosys.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: This sucks! Message-ID: <36D1F510.ECF972D2@aei.ca> References: <36D1F163.BC852E00@biosys.net>
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"A.K" wrote: > > Hello! > > I purchased FreeBSD because my ISP runs it on my dedicated servers. So i > thought why not use it at home on my LAN for testing and stuff. > I invested the 40 bucks and ordered FreeBSD 3.0. But now after 8 hours > of work and installation I'm kinda fed up with it. Nothing works. Apache > doesn't work, Xwindows doesn't work (although I updated it to support > all my hardware) and the whole directories and everything look different > from my webserver. And I also want to complain about all the hardware > and installation routines. They suck. I guess you have to be an expert > already only to get FreeBSD installed and working. > I recommend you take a look at Turbolinux. They know how to make the > installation easy and understandable for non linux/unix experts. > So I will delete FreeBSD and install Turbolinux again if I can't find > help with these problems anywhere. I should have given the 40 bucks to a > bum this would have been a better investment. > Best regards > Alex This list is not for complaining people. It's for answering people asking questions. It's free. Of course, you can post the kind of problem you have with _really_ more details so we can help you. Starting with "$ uname -a" would be a good idea, and then describing various problems so we can help you to change your mind :-) Thank You -- [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][French piss me off - Cartman, South Park] [The FreeBSD User Guide][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/freebsd/] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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