[geeks] Common IP lease?

[Shawn Wallbridge]

My point was that people that are too lazy to look for and read the
installation guide (on the left hand side of the page, about half way down)
probably shouldn't be starting with OpenBSD. They should use a Linux distro
that holds their hand during the installation and sets everything up for
them.

shawn

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From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf
Of Geek
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:56 PM
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I have always wondered something that a visitor to my site told me
once. She said she does not use BSD or Linux because of the complete
lack of decent help. I mean your comments would lead any normal
person to say 'fuck it, it's not worth it'. Why is it that the BSD
and Linux communities are so anti user? If someone cannot find
something it does not mean they are inferior, but perhaps they think
in a different way and can't find it by their line of thought. many
people don't look for 'Network setting' but instead look for
'internet connection'. This does not mean they are wrong, just
thinking differently.

Linux and BSD will need to be more friendly and less aggressive when
people need help if they are ever to be decent desktop operating
systems. Just a few thoughts I had when I read that.



Dwight Wallbridge,
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From: "Shawn Wallbridge" <swallbridge at franticfilms.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:29 PM
Subject: RE: [geeks] Common IP lease?


www.openbsd.org

If you can't find the boot floppies, you shouldn't install it ;-)

shawn

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I may just do that when I get a board on the way to me that will
handle the P133 I have sitting here. I am too busy looking for a job
to be screwing with computers that aggravate me further, so I will
just let the computers stand at the one I need for job hunting and so
forth. As an aside, and for future notice, got a URL to said install
floppies? Are there any for OpenBSD?



Dwight Wallbridge,
Webmaster, Geek, Blogger.

Geek's World http://www.geeksworld.net
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From: "Brian Hechinger" <wonko at arkham.ws>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Common IP lease?


On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 02:57:12PM -0600, Geek wrote:
>
> with Red Hat 6.2 and ISA cards, as many on this list know well. I
> have yet to try BSD due to a lack of burner and CD R's in house.

why do you need a CD?  download the install floppies and install
using FTP
directly from netbsd.org.  you've got cable, it would be fast.

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