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Date:      Wed, 22 Dec 1999 07:03:29 +1000
From:      "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
To:        "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre@telebot.net>
Cc:        <newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Experiences
Message-ID:  <004801bf4bf6$d611ec00$827e03cb@ORACLE>
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dunno if I'm beginning to turn gekish but I'm thinking about going straight
from 3.2
to 4.0 :) ...... well its not as if my FreeBSD box does a lot of strenuous
work .... it
just runs a permanent modem connection to my non-profit organization
"internet access
provider" with an assortment of other machines on a LAN ..... downloading
the whole
600Mb or whatever isn't really a problem if I time it for off-peak hours

----- Original Message -----
From: "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre@telebot.net>
To: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
Cc: <newbies@freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 4:06 AM
Subject: Re: Experiences


> Amen to that...RedHat absolutely refused to install on my system, so I
gave
> up on it...I didn't hear about FreeBSD until that daemon made it's first
> appearence on UserFriendly...And I gave it a try, downloading all 300 megs
> over me poor 56k modem, and from then on, I've never looked back. Oh and i
> did end up getting  'The Complete FreeBSD'..that tome was held close to me
> during much of the early days, and still comes in handy for reference.
>
> Gonna get 3.4 soon after it's off the presses.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
> To: m <kamidesu@hotpop.com>
> Cc: <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 4:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Experiences
>
>
> > NO ...... but then I did something REAL stupid ..... I tried to make
sense
> > of linux for ages before
> > I saw the light & changed over to "real" unixes :) If anyone thinks
> FreeBSD
> > info is poor, either they haven't tried to fathom that linux stuff
> > previously (its TOTALLY unintelligible !!!), or haven't read
> > Greg Lehey's excellent tome "The Complete FreeBSD"
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "m" <kamidesu@hotpop.com>
> > To: <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:32 AM
> > Subject: Experiences
> >
> >
> > >
> > >  I'm stuck with FreeBSD. I need more days to rest, and more clear
info.
> > > My question is, ever get stuck with it? hated it? wanted to throw it
> > > into an active vulcan tied to a huge rock with a big neon sign that
read
> > > 'steal/kick/smash me'?
> > >
> > >  Thanks, just airing my frustation.
> > >
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---
> > > ---------------
> > > "Welcome to my house!  Enter freely.  Go safely, and leave
> > > something of the happiness you bring!"  The strength of
> > > the handshake was so much akin to that which I had noticed
> > > in the driver, whose face I had not seen, that for a moment I
> > > doubted if it were not the same person to whom I was speaking.
> > > So to make sure, I said interrogatively, "Count Dracula?"
> > >
> > >
> > >
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