Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:30:31 +0000 From: "clayton rollins" <crollins666@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: We love to gloat Message-ID: <Sea1-F47UU49dmmzsiw0000a8da@hotmail.com>
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Hi Sue, >On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> wrote: > >Let me put your minds at rest folks: > > Gloating is encouraged here. Thanks for the encouragement. ;) > >The recent threads about achievements setting up FreeBSD and >infiltrating educational organisations and workplaces as a newbie >are among the most ON topic posts we've seen here for ages. > >So long as it doesn't descend into flames or criticism of other systems, >every newbie is very welcome to discuss their achievements and setbacks >here. That includes any essentially related non-BSD matter, such as >techniques for removing keyboard impressions from the forehead, the >amount of coffee consumed, or the other-people factors involved. >Everyone likes to know they're not alone in this. > I totally agree. This is the one list where people should share forehead-massaging techniques. (BTW, kona coffee gives me the most bang for the buck.) > >I'm tickled pink that I've finally had the courage to set up opie(4) >after all these years, but I can't gloat here because I'm an oldie. >(Oops :-) > Hey! even oldies can be newbies! >If I were a newbie, I wouldn't tell you how to do it but >I might tell you how I _learned_ how to do it, which was by reading >the tutorial at >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/02/06/FreeBSD_Basics.html >and then asking freebsd-questions about the parts that confused me. > Congrats on the sucessful progress! > >So, who else out there is a hero? > Oh, I'm still dealing with my last heroic/dumb idea. After I get a working compat3x library, I might feel more adventurous. ;) (I probably just need to run a buildworld with compat3x=yes in the make.conf; I should've done more research before committing...) > >Regards, > -*Sue*- > Thanks. Peace, Clayton _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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