From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 12 14:43:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA18124 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:43:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca (hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca [207.107.250.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA18114 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:43:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grgaud@sprint.ca) Received: from grgaud (spc-isp-ott-uas-13-6.sprint.ca [209.103.35.107]) by hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA06508 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:45:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199808122145.RAA06508@hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca> From: "GR Gaudreau" To: Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux? Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:38:11 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > A while ago I resolved to formulate model answers to those questions I seem > unable to restrain myself from answering repeatedly on mailing lists. :-) > I've finally completed a first draft of my answer to the "What is X?" > question (based on a posting of mine to this very list). See: > http://ns.cityip.co.za/~wjv/vdocs/what-is-X.html > > It's not technical - it's not meant to be. Johann, thanks a bunch for this link. There are still a few basic concepts about UNIX-like OSs that I'm missing, and X is one of them. I'll read it with great interest and e-mail you my comments and/or questions. Btw, I noticed a ".za" in that URL, what country does that represent? Thanks again, mucho appreciado. ;-) -- G.R. Gaudreau grgaud@sprint.ca http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5783/ If a man who is mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken, or cease to be honest. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message