From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Jun 27 20:32:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA16775 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 20:32:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.flinet.com (root@shell.flinet.com [205.216.85.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA16770 for ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 20:32:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aaron@iconmedia.com) Received: from iconmedia.com (ftl-pm1-4.flinet.com [208.14.30.4]) by shell.flinet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA03171 for ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 23:32:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3595BA8A.E1AF3A94@iconmedia.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 23:37:46 -0400 From: Aaron Walker X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The average Unix user References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I consider myself an "average UNIX user" if there's such thing. I have been using Linux/FreeBSD for about a year and so I can pretty much figure things out on my own. I have installed, configured, and am administering my own UNIX machines (Linux & FreeBSD). Before a year ago, the only thing I new about UNIX was how to spell it =) Aaron Haavard Vaagstoel wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Tim Gerchmez wrote: > > > I agree with your point. In fact, I'd take it further to state that "the > > average" Unix user is probably more intelligent than "the average" Win95 user, > > simply because they have to be to figure out how to install, configure and > > administer their system. The learning curve in the beginning with some > > flavors > > Though it may seem like that from a home-user point of view, I sincerely > doubt it that the average Unix user has installed, configured and is > currently administering her/his own system... > > -- > Haavard Vaagstoel > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message