Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:48:40 -0500 (EST) From: Scott Emerson Longley <emerson@WPI.EDU> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making the all-important switch Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0301251037580.26050-100000@emdall.WPI.EDU> In-Reply-To: <20030125132533.GF1042@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>
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On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Saturday, 25 January 2003 at 0:27:38 -0500, Scott Emerson Longley wrote: > > I'm about ready to ditch Windoze for good and I'm spending what little > > free time I can find to prepare by researching FreeBSD. Currently, I run > > two OpenBSD servers and use a 3rd OpenBSD system (a laptop) as a portable > > terminal. I have 3 years of *nix (OpenBSD, true64, linux) experience, but > > only one years experience as an administrator (OpenBSD). My main desktop > > system is W2k and I am sick and tired of it. I have decided to replace W2k > > with FreeBSD, as it is more suited to desktop use than OpenBSD. Now that > > I'm done babbling, here's my question: > > Interesting question. What makes you think that FreeBSD is more > suited to the desktop than OpenBSD? The FreeBSD ports tree is much larger. I cannot find nearly enough software to run on OpenBSD without a lot of headaches. Also, the OpenBSD community & developers are less sympathetic to desktop users. > > What major differences will I encounter (post-install) as a new FreeBSD > > user/administrator that my OpenBSD experience wouldn't have prepared me > > for? > > It's difficult to quantify what differences you're likely to see. > Installation will probably seem easier. I've got to disagree there. Nothing against FreeBSD, but the OpenBSD install process is shorter and easier than just about everything. However, if you're referring to the initial setup in general, that's great news. > You'll find different device > names for disks. On the whole, I think the important differences > you'll find will be with the "desktop" software you choose, and > they'll be differences from Microsoft, not from OpenBSD. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers Thanks, this seems like really good news. -Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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