Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 14:46:28 +0200 From: lada@ws6303.gud.siemens.at (Hr.Ladavac) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, stick11@razorlogic.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD, is it for me? Message-ID: <199705151246.OAA02039@ws6423.gud.siemens.at>
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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> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: FreeBSD, is it for me? > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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 >
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