Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 23:07:02 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: dosagie@ccac-art.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need your opinion Message-ID: <199808050307.XAA16721@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <35C6F64E.7760930C@ccac-art.edu> from dosagie at "Aug 4, 98 11:53:55 am"
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dosagie wrote: > How do rank your technical support and help. Is it easy to get some Better than M$'s. Worse than the old days of IBM or Digital. > help onsite and/or over the phone. FreeBSD is a volunteer organization. This mailing list is the prime vehicle for support, and is without charge or limit. You can probably get somebody to come on-site by dangling sufficient money. I cannot imagine that this would be necessary in most scenaria. No phone support. I think there are some IRC channels, but I don't live that way. This list offers a depth of technical expertise not found in most other PC support channels; in general, a properly phrased question will be answered within a few hours, and will be followed up, until you wallow in details. > Is there a fee for set-up. Can I set it up myself? Is it easy Feeless. Can set up yourself, if you have some "clues", and are willing to read. It's easier than quantum mechanics, but harder than washing a car. Do you have /any/ Unix experience? Or any OS administration experience other than M$ products? Unix does have a learning curve, and along the curve are found a few books. If command-line computing is new, this can be daunting. "You are in a maze of twistly little passages, all alike." Have you programmed in the C language? Is there a friendly Unix person at your site? Traditionally, Unix is learned by tutoring and experiment. Risk US$40 and buy the 2.2.7 CDROM set from walnut creek (www.cdrom.com). Spend a little more and get a printed copy of "The Complete FreeBSD" with the CDROM set. Judging from your other post, I recommend setting up BSD on a separate machine for your own use and study. This can be a very minimal machine, say a cast-off 486 with >8MB memory and about a 1/2 GB hard-drive. Other flavors of Unix (NetBSD, OpenBSD) can run on a variety of non-PeeCee/Intel hardware, if you have a spare Sun or somesuch. I see your email addr is in San Francisco/Oakland. This is, of course, a hotbed of Unix activity. (BSD comes from Berkeley, originally). There are user groups, all kinds of hackers, whatever you seek, bookstores... (Computer Literacy, e.g.). Try it. Dave -- not affiliated with FreeBSD Inc -- Bedford County, PA -- population 47,000 4000 concealed-carry permits and rising To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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