Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 17:33:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What do *you* want to know about FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19970902173357.09321@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970902004851.15303A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>; from Annelise Anderson on Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 12:57:52AM -0700 References: <19970902155127.39035@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970902004851.15303A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 12:57:52AM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> I'm currently working on the next edition of "The Complete FreeBSD", >> which will be significantly more complete than the current version. >> In addition to the current topics, which will be brought up to date, I >> am including a lot of material on networking. Here are the chapters >> to show the general structure: >> > [snip] >> Networks and the Internet >> Setting up a network > > In this section it seems there have been a lot of questions lately (and > I'm interested myself) in connecting to (etc) NT machines--samba and > other options....maybe even a comparison of what the alternatives offer > as servers....if I want to do something simple like set up an NT machine > in the same room with the FreeBSD machine, how do I get them to talk to > each other--hardware, software.... I was afraid you would say that. Yes, you're right, of course, but I don't have any Microsoft in the house, and I wouldn't know how to start. Is there anybody out there (you, perhaps?) who could help me write a chapter on it? >> My question to each of you: what else would you like to see? >> >> Greg > > Annelise > > P.S. Also a recent phenomenon is questions from people who've been > using Linux--a little something on "Making the Transition," perhaps-- > a few notes on what's different, with references back to other sections > (e.g., System Administration) that might have the detailed info... Ah yes, thanks for reminding me. I was at least going to write something about the differences between Linux and FreeBSD, though I don't know if there's enough there to write sensibly about how to move from Linux to FreeBSD. Greg
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