Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 23:47:08 -0500 (EST) From: rdd@access.digex.net To: doc@freebsd.org Cc: rdd@digex.net Subject: Thanks! Message-ID: <199612140447.XAA21241@access1.digex.net>
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Greetings, Thanks very much for providing what appears to be a rather nice flavor of UN*X. Aside from SCO UNIX and XENIX (which I've tried to avoid, except for supporting clients using those), UN*X on IBM type PC's is something that I've not had much experience with. Well, I did give Linux a try, but coming from using mostly SunOS, PNX, Ultrix, SystemVR2 and a few others over the years, Linux just didn't seem quite right. Faced with the need to install a flavor of UNIX for an IBM type PC network, for an introductory course on UNIX that I'll be teaching this coming spring, I decided to give FreeBSD another try (the last time that I tried FreeBSD, I had some installation problems with a 4MB system -- this works great now!). All that I've installed thus far has been the binary files, but, so far, I like what I see. :-) I didn't install the manpages, docs, etc. yet due to a lack of disk space in the MS-DOS (bletch) partition, which I need, since a CD-ROM isn't available, and I've not installed an ethernet board yet in this PC -- I'll install those next. One question: is there any chance that the old "learn" program will be implemented? That's one of the ways that I learned about UNIX... while experimenting after the the "here are your user IDs and passwords, if you need any help, you might want to try the man and apropos commands -- oh, by the way, the first programming project's due Monday. Have a good weekend." I think that's nicest way to learn about UNIX. :-) Regards, R. D. Davis
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