Subj : FreeBSD
To   : Russell Tiedt
From : Charles Angelich
Date : Fri Nov 30 2001 06:38 pm

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Hello Russell - 

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CA>> The people who preassemble computers would save you the
CA>> time to return hardware that isn't working, yet you prefer
CA>> to build your own computers? 

RT> That way I get a computer that does what I want like I want
RT> it, not as some ignorant marketing type "thinks" I need,
RT> and dictate "how" I should waste my time and energy,
RT> earning a living or not. Basically I get the computer I
RT> want, not the computer some other asshole thinks I should
RT> have, niether does he have the privelege of "earning" any
RT> of my hard earned cash. There are enough "Dummies" out
RT> there tio support those types. I don't need my computer to
RT> add to my frustrations in life, so I get off of my butt and
RT> DO something about it. 

Here you can custom build by specifying parts and letting them
put it together, burn it in, and test before you take it home.
That way they can't say you damaged a part by installing it
improperly etc. 

RT>>> Two: There are advantages to compiling your own 

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CA>> This would seem to be a grabber for a guy who builds his
CA>> own computer systems using parts, yet it seems it is not? 

RT> To put it differently I spec. my own systems. 

I do that but I let them be responsible for improper
installation type problems which might develop. 

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RT> Why have support for items that you will never ever run
RT> wasting resouces, when you don't need them, things like
RT> SCSI drivers, AppleTalk network support, ZipDisk support,
RT> tape drive support, when you don't own and no intention of
RT> ever owning such, as a byproduct you increase you systems
RT> responsiveness and stability for very little effort, just
RT> recompile your kernel, and you have a system even more
RT> suited to the task at hand, unlike some people who throw in
RT> everything, including the kitchen sink and trash recycler,
RT> not to mention/forget the shoe polisher, and then wonder
RT> why it crashes three times a day. 

I agree with all that you say on this. I feel much the same way. 

RT>>> Three: As for availability of source, if that bothers
RT>>> you, download it and write it to CD-ROM, no hassle. 

CA>> Before there were CD's being made and sold with software
CA>> the maker did not author there were `users groups' and
CA>> clubs that would sell softare on disks at cost. Of course
CA>> before the bloat they FIT on disks. ;-) 

RT> My first Linux, I downloaded from a BBS long distance +/-
RT> 500 km's from my home location. No usergroups. :-( 

Well the first Linux release I found was only 900K. :-) 

CA>> Those groups seem to have vanished once the CD peddlers
CA>> appeared. 

RT> Never has been shuch a group with 4-5 hours driving
RT> distance of here, so I would not know. <shrug> 

Here the user groups disks were being sold in computer stores
to increase walk-in traffic. Usually for a few dollars ($2-3). 

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