Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 18:59:43 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: weasniak@geocities.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A note to all responsible for FreeBSD and this list: Message-ID: <19970927185943.10693@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970927003346.weasniak@geocities.com>; from weasniak@geocities.com on Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 11:01:43PM -0500 References: <XFMail.970927003346.weasniak@geocities.com>
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On Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 11:01:43PM -0500, weasniak@geocities.com wrote: > Hello! > > I thought that I would stop for a moment and thank everyone responsible for > making FreeBSD a useable and useful operating system. I started with a brand new > hard drive, boot.flp and essentially no Unix experience in May. Since that > point, I have only once fatally disabled my system, and someone from this list > was kind enough to get me a generic Kernel again for re-installation. The only > times (aside from hardware failure) that my system has needed a reboot have come > from what I suspect are incorrect settings on my part, plus a good measure of > operator error. > > Today I was successful in making my FreeBSD system a gateway to my ISP for the > rest of the family's Mac. Yesterday I had virtually no knowledge of what I would > need to do to achieve this, but the informative "man" pages and this list have > given me enough information that I was able to do it. Next step: automating it > on bootup. > > I could go on and on about how good "pkg_add" is and the /sbin/sysconfig util, > the linux emulator, the www.freebsd.org file area, the ports and packages, and > hundreds of other things that I am likely taking for granted, since I am not > experienced enough in Unix to know that they are not just part of unix. > > > > > Why I posted this in questions: Because I know how depressing it can be to see: > > "My computer has never worked right since I installed FreeBSD" -> No, it never > worked right _before_ FreeBSD, you are just so deceived that you don't > know/can't tell. > > "The installer sucks" -> The only reason it failed for me the first time was > because I didn't disable call waiting before connecting to my ISP. I > can't blame that on an installer. > > Tell me where there is a better one! (And if you say any MS-Windows > installer, I will be more than happy to tell you how many times I have > re-installed MSWin on _ONE_ system, due to it's stupidity) > > "I bought this CD and it doesn't work and I am mad and I want my money back and > you are stupid and I can't figure out what "F1 dos" means and it always says > it now .... " -> Everything works just fine, but unlike MS-Win, running _any_ > Unix system, FreeBSD, Linux, or otherwise requires some intellegence > and even a small shred of thought. If you can't cover that, that is > your problem, not mine, `questions@freebsd.org's, or Walnut Creek's. > > > Anyhow, to all that make FreeBSD great and all those who ask _useful_ questions, > providing knowledge to the Mail Archives: "Thank you." Thanks. I appreciate the time you took to tell us that. And yes, it does make up for a lot of the "I can't get this thing to work" messages we see. Greg
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