From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 25 06:57:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA18113 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 06:57:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from chmls06.mediaone.net (chmls06.mediaone.net [24.128.1.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA18106 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 06:57:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sderdau@ne.mediaone.net) Received: from ne.mediaone.net (sderdau.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.122.19]) by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA04014; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:56:48 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <36333C80.8FA0D666@ne.mediaone.net> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:58:08 -0500 From: "Stephen A. Derdau" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b2 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Mock CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should I dump Windows 95 for Free BSD? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Before you make that decision you should check out this link and read up on things. http://www.gnu.org Here are diffrent sections of this site. READ PHILOSOPHY Philosophy | Order | Download | Software | Documentation | Search What's New | Help GNU | Get Help with GNU | Other Sites | Mirrors Jim Mock wrote: > > 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 -- When you find out the answer it's always something you thought you knew :-) Answers here http://www.freeBSD.org/search Happily Running! FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE #0: Fri Oct 9 19:54:29 EDT 1998 sderdau@SDERDAU.ne.mediaone.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message