BSD cant do multipath routing behind NAT, just like iproute(8) Linux,
hope Paul Hening Kamp Patch will work...
regards
reza
Linux is for people who hate Micro$oft.
BSD is for people who love Unix.
Under these conditions, I guess that I need to go for Linux...
Seriously, one thing that catches my attention is that I don't see any
really great differences between the BSD (Any version) and the Linux
community. In doing some reading, it appears that the people at KDE
and Gnome, as well as many others, have this same thought. I was
actually pointed in the FreeBSD direction by a magazine writer whom I
was communicating with about the future of Linux. We talked by email
and he thought that FreeBSD had to most promise of a good future. He
suggested that I should check FreeBSD out.
Understand that learning UNIX is not my end goal. It may happen in the
process, but being a master of the UNIX system is not my end goal. Nor
is writing programs my goal. I wrote a ton of programs 20 years ago,
but I haven't written a single line of code in 10 years. I have no
wish to work in an IT shop anywhere. My goal is simply to keep some of
my older computers useful. I care less about which operating system I
am using as long as it does the job that I want. This business of
buying new computers every year or two is a Micro$oft idea. It is also
an idea that needs to be re-thought.
Micro$oft is great about jumping onto new technology with half-baked
software. When they get close to fixing their software, then they
abandon it for new technology and more half-baked software expecting
people to buy the new hardware/software. It's a system that Micro$oft
can't be beaten at. I simply think that it is time for a change.
(I'm not against new ideas. But I hate keeping up with Mr. Gates.)
Lloyd Hayes
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Tom McLaughlin wrote:
On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 15:40, Jorn Argelo wrote:
Lloyd Hayes wrote:
I finally decided that I needed to get more information on FreeBSD.
I got it up and running, then I did something else and I start
getting errors again....
So I just ordered 3 books on FreeBSD from Amazon. In most of the
reviews posted there about the books, people were complaining about
weak documentation, too much information about things that they
were not interested in, and errors in the in the books which seems
to be the most common complaint. In my very short recent history
with FreeBSD, I've formed the opinion that documenting FreeBSD is
it's greatest weakness. FreeBSD needs someone who can actually type
to write a good book for beginners who have never seen UNIX code. A
book is needed with examples that actually WORK! Examples that are
explained in plain English. There seems to be very few books on
FreeBSD around.
Beginners who never seen UNIX coude shouldn't start with FreeBSD in
the first place, if you ask me. They should start Mandrake Linux or
SuSe or something of the sorts. FreeBSD isn't made to make an "user
friendly" operating system, as Mandrake Linux is aiming at. You just
have to know some Unix stuff before you even start with FreeBSD.
I would have to disgree having my first *nix experience five years ago
with Mandrake and switching to FreeBSD a number of months ago. I
switched to FreeBSD because I felt my unix skills were getting rusty.
When I started with Mandrake I did most of my system configuration and
administration from the command line and I learned a lot of unix in
those first few years.
Over time with the inclusion of more GUI based tools that became
harder. Files seemed to keep moving or configuration was spread across
too many files. I believe you end up becomming too dependant on the
distribution specific configuration tools with Linux and you don't
truely learn the system. For anyone who really wants to learn unix the
BSDs are the place to start.
Linux is for people who hate Micro$oft.
BSD is for people who love Unix.
Tom
I have the book on the below link, and I must say it is very very
good. Good examples and clearly elaborated, though it lacks in-depth
information, which might be handy for more advanced users. It's good
for beginners who are comfortable in a Unix or Linux enviroment. Why
don't you give that one a shot?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072224096/104-0798845-8369533?v=glance
And what about our own FreeBSD Handbook? Don't tell me that that is
bad, because there is book that can beat it if you ask me.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/
Cheers,
Jorn
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