From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Aug 30 9:57: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3835137B401 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:57:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rebel.net.au (rebel.rebel.net.au [203.20.69.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D9F143E42 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:57:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lloy0076@rebel.net.au) Received: from rebel.net.au (dialup-4.rebel.net.au [203.20.69.74]) by rebel.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id CAA24537; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:47:58 +0930 Message-ID: <3D6FA693.FB4131F1@rebel.net.au> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:38:35 +0930 From: David Lloyd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-SGI_XFS_1.1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Urro Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD References: <002801c25045$8b5eb340$c401a8c0@vqoffice> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Franz, > I am new to the BSD movement. I have followed it from a far for a > while and now am in the position to make the move (Completely, 100% no > looking back!) Welcome. > I have purchased FreeBSD Unleashed (by SAMS) and have loaded it on my > ThinkPad 760CD. I now realize that I need to be networked (I'm not > talking ether net) in order to shorten my learning curve. I realize I > am taking the double whammy (UNIX and BSD) but I think it will be > worth it. Unix and BSD? FreeBSD is Unix but not the trademarked type with the licenced code. FreeBSD, I believe, was originally ported from the code base that lacked any proprietary code. > What are your suggestions? I am about 25mins west of Boston. I would > even start a group and donate my office for meeting space. Find out if there are any Linux groups around the place. You'll often find that open source OS users seem to insist on running all types of OS'es...you might find some fellow travellers there. DSL To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message