Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 16:33:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jozef Bednarik <bed@cedo.cz> Cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it conform our demands? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971204162748.5326A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9712042132.AA08094@gemma>
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On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Jozef Bednarik wrote:
> We are planning to use one of our PCs (Pentium based) as a file server and
> simultaneously for the Internet connection. For that purpose we are
> searching for a good free UNIX-type operating system.
You've turned to the right place.
> There are several possibilities, but we are not familiar enough with
> most of them to be able to choose the one that conforms our demands in
> the best way. And because it is not so easy to get all of this
> information on the web pages, we try to get it directly from the (well
> informed) technicians of the appropriate companies and/or organizations.
> Since FreeBSD is also in the scope of our interest, we kindly ask you to
> provide us with this information.
No problem.
> We would like to know whether this operating system (and which version,
> if not all) supports the following features:
NIS (yellow pages) yes
DNS yes
automount yes
PPP yes
PPP dial on demand yes
SMTP yes
POP3 yes
IMAP4 yes
3Com fast ethernet adapter 3C905-TX (or at least any other fast ethernet
card available on the market) yes
Looks like FreeBSD fits the bill. You should be able to use any version
of FreeBSD; I'd recommend our most recent release, 2.2.5. You can
download FreeBSD online from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/ or you can order the
4-CD set from Walnut Creek CDROM, http://www.cdrom.com/.
We have the FreeBSD Handbook, FAQ, searchable mail archive, and other
resources available at http://www.freebsd.org/.
If you need help getting any of these services set up and you can't find
anything on the web pages, please mail questions@freebsd.org; we'd be
happy to help.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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