Subject: Re: Hey folks!
To: None <regional-ca@NetBSD.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: regional-ca
Date: 02/03/2004 01:08:08
[Philippe St-Jacques <eukaryote@sympatico.ca>]
> Yeah! NetBSD is *the* hot OS. But we must not do an install-fest
> like do many linux users, or must we ?
Well, I'm not much of a one for installfests. After all, if I were
going to install NetBSD on it, I already would have, no?
>>> BTW: willing to swap [...]
> I don't know what I can offer .. but I want to try new archs :) I
> know only i386/sh3(dreamcast)/ppc.
I have SPARCs sitting idle; I'm sure we could figure out some trade for
one of them!
[Stef Caunter <stef@stef.caunter.ca>, replying to the "hot OS" quote
above]
> the 10 minute install makes it seem like a holiday to a linux user --
> and then they see the network setup...
10 minute? Boy, do I ever have the wrong hardware - I don't think any
of my machines are fast enough to do a ten minute install, even of a
minimum bootable system!
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