Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:41:38 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook: Installation Message-ID: <19990309064221.JDKV682101.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <62194.920961354@zippy.cdrom.com> References: Your message of "Mon, 08 Mar 1999 14:12:20 PST." <3.0.5.32.19990308141220.00a5a310@mail>
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On 8 Mar 99, at 22:35, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Yes! All the versions I've used (2.2.2 to 3.0) before 3.1 had a direct > > link to the floppy image(s). What happened?? As someone who only recently > > got very in touch with the FreeBSD scene, I can attest that newbies are > > going to be completely confused by this. > > Wow, nobody knows how to even browse an FTP site anymore? This is a > sad world indeed if web browsers have become not only popular, but the > only interface people even understand now. :-( A few years back, a wise man (I think it was Josh Bailey) said to me: use a news reader for news, a mail reader for mail, an ftp client for ftp, and a browser for browsing. For the record, I use Agent, Pegasus, CuteFTP, and Netscape. But I have been known to use Netscape for some ftp sites. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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