From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jul 6 11:21:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA24420 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 11:21:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA24402; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 11:21:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA27887; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 11:20:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 11:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199807061820.LAA27887@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nethack Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980705210908.A2609@axess.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 21:09:08 -0400 >From: "Peter D. Pawelek" >> > Of course, nethack is a different story. ;) >> Then you'd better tell it :-) >Well, let's just say that after spending a few hours each night learning how to use various shells, >set environment variables, set file permissions, etc (not to mention all the X-windows esoterica) >she likes to unwind by cruising around an ASCII rendered dungeon skewering orcs and kobolds... >at this rate she'll be a UNIX wizard in no time... :)) :-) I can relate -- the promise of letting Lynette (my wife) be able to play NetHack without waiting for the Sun 3/60 so much was one of the justifications for buying the SS5.... Of course, I built it with the X interface enabled.... :-) Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message