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Date:      Wed, 09 Sep 1998 22:15:11 -0400
From:      Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
To:        Rocky Hurley <kr4pz@cacs.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: PPP question..... With an Observation
Message-ID:  <35F7362F.CB5F5374@aei.ca>
References:  <001201bddc64$bbb3b940$17dc94cd@uymfdlvk>

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Rocky Hurley wrote:
> 
> 1st! Flames | /dev/null
> 
>  > ---------
> > > # PPP
> > > /usr/sbin/pppd
> > > ---------
> > >
> > > Any suggestions for me would be appreciated.
> >
> > RTFM.  This is why it's been written.
> >
> > > --------------------------------------
> > > William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com>
> 
> Observation: Since I have become "enlightened" to FreeBSD/UNIX. I have
> lurked in this list. I have asked *one* question. Never got and answer. No
> Problem, finally discovered a partial answer in the archives. Still
> waiting on the software author for some help. I have saved tons of
> messages that *will* pertain to my needs in the near future. These
> messages were very informative and most included the reprimand of looking
> in the archives and FAQ and Manual. I have searched and read, currently in
> 3 store bought books at this time trying to scratch every bit of info and
> help I can. I was wondering why I never see any books on FreeBSD on the
> store shelves but the same shelves 2 or more have books on Linux and one
> on ATT and Solaris. Nothing on BSD. I think I know now. The above
> statement. I have now installed 2.2.7 37 times, yes, *thirty seven* times
> since Saturday on this laptop and I still have to come to microsuk$ to
> write this message. Why?
> Because of this kind of Crap. I have come to the conclusion that FreeBSD
> is the best OS out there, cause even when it will not install completely,
> I can still access it and do simple stuff in it.
> Amazing!!! You can't do that in Linux or Windoze or DOS or OS/2 or
> probably just about anything else. But! Your Manual is poor, your FAQ lite
> weight, and the support on here terrible. It took me to go through the
> other OS's to appreciate the power and capabilities of UNIX only to find
> snobs that are far worse than those in Fidonet and Windoze. Gee! Imagine
> That! I know I am probably not winning over any support for this, thats
> fine, I can always go to a platform that is better supported by its users,
> OS/2 or Linux. I stood FreeBSD because my friend convinced me to choose
> this platform as the best even though I have more friends on Linux.
> 
> Something to remember, those of us that do not bleed unix when we are cut,
> may not always know what to ask for when we search. If this forum is for
> those who *ONLY* bleed unix, then I think this forum should be renamed
> FreeBSD-Bleeding_Unix-Forum. Thank you for your impatience.
> --
> Rocky Hurley
> KR4PZ
> Web Page:
> www.cudenver.edu/~rhurley/bbq.html
> 
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Well, I finded this list of *great* help. Maybe you have some problem on
how to ask your question(bad subject or thing like that), or some other
kind of problems. Re-ask it. It's a *free* help service.
Try: 
http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/how-to-ask-en.html
Maybe it will help.
-- 
[Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/]

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