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Daemon News: A Remote Chance

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 18, 1999

Author Wes Peters seizes on an opportunity to set up a FreeBSD
dial-in PPP server for his company and that’s when the fun
begins.

Here is high adventure for the open-source enthusiast. All of
the exciting elements are there: a computer about to be recycled, a
first experience with setting up a dial-in link, getting on-line
help from the user community when it doesn’t work, and finally,
he’s a hero; things work better at his company.

This first-hand account shows how open-source software has put
the fun back into computing.

Read A
Remote Chance
.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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