From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jul 28 20:16:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA24958 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:16:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ins2.netins.net (ins2.netins.net [167.142.225.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA24924 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:16:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from johnmxl@netins.net) Received: from desm-10-118.dialup.netins.net (desm-10-118.dialup.netins.net [167.142.14.247]) by ins2.netins.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA19705 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:16:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199807290316.WAA19705@ins2.netins.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "John Amdor III" Organization: Badly needed....please help! To: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:14:55 -0600 Subject: Re: What tipped the balance Reply-to: johnmxl@netins.net In-reply-to: <19980728184830.28204.qmail@hotmail.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.53/R1) Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I thought I'd chime in with my $0.02... I started playing with PCs when 386SX-16s were mainstream machines, 9600 baud modems were fast, and DOS 4.1 was brand-new. I had a chance to play with SCO at that time, but didn't. DOS was challenging enough, and I was trying to figure out what was so special about Windows 3.1. If I only knew then what I know now... I, like many others I've read about here, was looking at Linux as a solution to a problem (connecting a LAN to a dial-up ISP), but was turned toward FreeBSD by a trusted friend, Mike Stickney, who had just set up an internet server at his house (www.nocal.com) using FreeBSD and Apache. The project went away before I was able to do anything, but when the new budget year starts, I'm ready. At present I don't have FreeBSD running on anything...I'm scrounging hardware to build another box so that the family can continue to use the Wintel machine as-is. But I bought The Book, and the set of 2.2.5 CDs, and I'm learning. I can do quite a bit on telnet to my friend's server, at least at the user level. I never did attempt to install Linux...I've got the Red Hat CD and the "Linux for Dummies" book, but the same limitations that prevent installing FreeBSD preclude Linux too, so I can't compare the two yet... The more I see of the current commercial operating systems and the current free *nix systems, I think my educational efforts will be worthwhile. -- John Amdor III email: johnmxl@netins.net home: http://www.netins.net/showcase/johnmxl/ ICQ 3396049 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message