Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 07:31:37 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: chris@calldei.com Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (fwd) Re: Wanted Unix Administrator Message-ID: <37FDF239.2E7B3A40@softweyr.com> References: <19991007231903.U86678@holly.calldei.com>
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Chris Costello wrote:
>
> Throwing a juicy piece of steak into the advocacy pit. :)
>
> Ignoring the contraversial first non-quoted paragraph, this is
> a great article.
Was this posted on Usenet? Perhaps someone should ask the original author
if we can use the part I've excerpted below as a customer testimonial, or
a short article for DN. ;^)
> This article's Message-ID is
> <jlP9NwBdXsu2ufKn0zytwDvyyoyf@4ax.com>
>
> ----- Forwarded message -----
>
> I had never used FreeBSD before, but I decided to give it a try
> after your unending diatribes against it (and against Linux). See,
> you come off as half-smart, but not truly smart -- about as smart as
> a robot. How could a man who claims to know so much about all of
> UNIX be so thick-headed and closed-minded, I asked myself.
>
> Mind you, I'm no huge fan of Linux, though I do have it running as
> my DNS servers. I prefer AIX, myself, including a smallish SP
> complex. Sun is OK. Digital (Compaq) Unix is adequate, though
> nothing special. HP-UX I know nothing about. We run BSDI on our
> firewalls.
>
> I followed some fellow's advice (posted in comp.unix.admin a couple
> of days ago) about downloading two diskette images and installing
> BSD over the net. Well, he had the URL wrong, but it was not
> difficult to find them at the www.freebsd.org website.
>
> I created the diskettes. I updated the firewall so I had internet
> access from the IP address I assigned the box I was installing. I
> booted the machine. It asked me a few questions about addressing and
> such. I looked at it about every 15 minutes. Sometimes it wanted
> answers to questions like "what additional software do you want to
> install?" This was the most time-consuming question because I didn't
> want everything. (Man, there's huge amounts of proggies available!)
> I answered them and went back to work. I config'ed X (KDE) with
> XF86Setup. A while later I rebooted. Shazzam! A UNIX box! This was
> the *easiest* UNIX I've ever installed. I didn't have to read any
> release notes, how-tos, or anything else. I am much impressed.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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