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To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, stick11@razorlogic.com
Subject: Re: FreeBSD, is it for me?
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 14:33:25 MET 1997
> Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 05:02:53 -0700
> From: Stick <stick11@razorlogic.com>
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> Subject: FreeBSD, is it for me?
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> Hello,
> 
> I have been looking through your FreeBSD web site trying to answere a
> question i have but i am finding that i can't answer this question by
> myself. I hope that you could answer my question or possibly point me in
> the right dirrection. My question(s) is:
> 
> I was thinking of hosting my own Internet site using my computer, is
> that possible using FreeBSD? If so what else will I need to make this
> possible?

Certainly.  It's there "out of the box" so to say.

You will need:
     *	a computer, 386 or better with at least 5 MB RAM for installation,
	but it will run on less RAM
     *	some way to connect to your provider (some kind of a modem if it's
     	a remote connection, some kind of Ethernet if it's local)
     *	FreeBSD itself
     *	a little bit of patience to install and set the whole thing up.	
> 
> The university that i am attending run three unix base systems for their
> web server, e-mail, and other stuff.  If i had FreeBSD, is there a way
> that i connect to their computers?

See above, and read the Handbook and FAQ's you will find in /usr/share/doc
on the installed system.
> 
> The classes i am taking at this university have my using unix on
> occasions, could i use FreeBSD on my computer to learn more and do some
> of my work on my computer rather than using Hyper Terminal (W95) to
> connect to the Universities computers?

Very likely.  However, in order to set up the system properly, you will need
some UNIX sysadmin experience (not very much--people on this list are very
helpful if you have a concrete question; also, the most common ones are
answered in the FAQ, man pages, and Handbook.)
> 
> Thank you for your time! =-)

You're welcome,

/Marino
> 
> Stephen "Stick" Hazen
> 
> sjh10@axe.humboldt.edu
> stick11@razorlogic.com
> http://www.humboldt.edu/~sjh10
>