[TriLUG] first post: looking for basic Linux course

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I used OpenBSD because it had extremely low system requirements, which suited the hardware just fine (a 486/66 with 16 MB of memory), and a reputation for security, which was nice because after all I was intending to use it first as a firewall. Also it was very uncluttered -- Theo hates clutter, leads to bugs and insecurity -- so that made it easier to figure out what was going on -- fewer moving parts.

My opinion about Flash is that I use a plug-in to block it from appearing automatically in web pages I open. :)

--bak

On Aug 21, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Jack Hill <jackhill at jackhill.us> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, bak wrote:
> 
>> Yes, this.
>> 
>> I learned how to do Linux stuff the first time around by buying a system from a property surplus warehouse and installing BSD on it.
> 
> I don't mean to nit-pick, but was curious if you mispoke, or if BSD, by virtue of being something (older, simpler, less popular, a cleaner design, etc.) actually tought you something about Linux. I've been meaning to do a BSD install for some time, but keep getting distracted. I guess I need a specific project for it, but all the projects I think of I can just implement on top of my GNU/Linux systems. Maybe I should get into filesystems and look at NetBSD and puffs.
> 
> Also, someone suggested working on a Free flash implementation. Is Flash that interesting of a technology compared to in-browser JavaScript and Java applets?
> 
> Jack
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