Helping others Do you remember my CD-ROM saga? When I completed messed up my system? You can read the original article here. In that article, I changed the nick of the person to xyz, to protect the guilty. In that article, which includes my logs of what went on in on IRC in #freebsd on […]
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hardware donations please I’m asking for donations please. RAM, disks, SCSI cards, motherboards, whole boxes, etc. Why? Because I can’t afford to buy them. As you know, I do get some money from the ads on this site. That revenue goes to pay for this website which runs on a commercial webfarm (http://webfarm.co.nz/) in Chicago.
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Do you have any pets? Folks, do you have a pet? Do you have a picture? Would you consider it to be a FreeBSD pet? Well, now we have just the phorum to you. Have a look at the FreeBSD Pets phorum. Sorry, but I can’t store the pics of your pet, but if
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FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE For your information: the FreeBSD source tree has been tagged for RELENG_4_1_1_RELEASE. What does this mean? At this point in my day (early morning) I have no idea. But it means you can now get 4.1.1-RELEASE via cvsup. When I get back from work, I’ll see what I know then.
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hardware donations please I’m asking for donations please. RAM, disks, SCSI cards, motherboards, whole boxes, etc. Why? Because I can’t afford to buy them. As you know, I do get some money from the ads on this site. That revenue goes to pay for this website which runs on a commercial webfarm (http://webfarm.co.nz/) in Chicago.
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So you like FreeBSD? Just by being here demonstrates that you’re interested enough about FreeBSD to read FreeBSD articles. That’s a good start. Many people who start using FreeBSD quickly become very enthusiastic about it. You can see it in their eyes when they talk about the things they can do with FreeBSD. This excitement
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newbie learning experience Joe Warner initially posted a message to a couple of FreeBSD mailing lists (Newbies and Advocacy). Within hours, he received a few responses of support and encouragement for his work. They also suggested that he submit the story to DaemonNews and The FreeBSD Diary. Unfortunately, DaemonNews just published their monthly edition a
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FreshPorts goes offline I’m sorry, but the FreshPorts website is offline because the domain registration bill wasn’t paid. Back on 8 June, I submitted a change to Network Solutions requesting that the billing contact be changed. They sent me back this reply: We have received your request to modify the domain name record listed above.
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