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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:23:34 -0800
To: "A.K" <blorb@biosys.net>
From: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
Subject: Re: This sucks!
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Hi!

You really should have given the $40.00 to me, downloaded the distribution
through the 'net...and then gotten help from the list. Then, after 1-2
years, you would realize what you were actually playing with, start to
enjoy it, and order a subscription for life because you ended up loving it
so much and you wanted to support the FreeBSD Project.

At 01:08 AM 2/23/99 +0100, you 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
>
>
>
>
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