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[conrad sobol]

Dear Sir: I assembled my first computer in March of 2005. I am 56 years
old. Since that time, I have built one tower and built a computer for
myself. I have tried several times to install and run FreeBSD and ran
into trouble configuring my internet connection via DHCP. I have started
studying an older manual for BSD by Greg Lehey for 4.4BSD. I have a lot
to learn and I would love to install FreeBSD, but I am begining to
wonder if I"m in over my head. Would it be necessary for me to take
college courses in order to function in a BSD enviroment? I have
survived some major problems with other operating systems. I have run
and used:Fedora Core, Xandros, Ubuntu, installed Debian, DesktopBSD, and
PCBSD; but, my dream is to run FreeBSD, but I have to be connected to
the Internet to conduct personal business. What must I know to configure
sbcglobal.net to operate FreeBSD. And, do you think I need to learn a
lot more, or should I scrub the whole idea because it was meant for a
educated programmer? If you find the time to answer me I'll be very
grateful. I'll understand if you just refer me to the proper man or info
pages. Thank you for your time. Yours, Conrad