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From: trs@azstarnet.com (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: I love FreeBSD/XFree86
Date: 25 Nov 1995 01:11:14 GMT
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Hello.
I just thought I'd say that I think this project is really super.
I'm just a comp. sci. student/tech. support worker (that is, I
don't do any super development or run any major applications on
my computer), but I have to say that it's fascinating to see an
entire operating and windowing system with its guts displayed for
everyone to see! I may not be doing anything major, but I sure
am learning a lot; it's the best tool I've ever used. I don't
care if it's Linux or NetBSD or what; I think they're all on the
right track towards making the best product possible available
to unworthy (but grateful) people like me.
I was messing around and wound up wiping my hard drive. So, I
got out my boot floppy, set up the PPP connection (28.8) and
downloaded the entire thing over again. What fun! To see all of
the parts of the OS streaming in, setting it up the second or the
third time a little bit better than the time before, configuring the
kernel just a little bit better. This is no play thing; it's the
real thing, a powerful piece of engineering that by some chance I
get to put my fingers into and pull wires here and press buttons
there.
Anyway, thanks so much to the people who work so hard to make this
thing happen so smoothly. It may not be enough to lend ultimate
meaning to life, or even to answer any of our basic questions.
But it sure is enough to keep my curiosity busy for a long time,
and I'm learning more and more each day.
Thanks,
Tim