Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:25:33 +0800 From: "Yeef CN" <yeef.cn@gmail.com> To: "Steven Susbauer" <stupendoussteve@hotmail.com> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: re changing from vista Message-ID: <197f543d0811150125t44f02729qdc19044f12c0af9e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY122-DAV8D4D5601AAE51D2C722DEBA110@phx.gbl> References: <491D59D3.8080809@spansurf.com> <20081114203914.W14337@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <491DDD56.1040001@ccstores.com> <20081114225626.GA56663@icarus.home.lan> <20081115011836.N16077@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <BAY122-DAV8D4D5601AAE51D2C722DEBA110@phx.gbl>
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Windows XP is an alternative On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Steven Susbauer < stupendoussteve@hotmail.com> wrote: > Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> > >> <opinion> > >> But why are we interested in "converting" people? That borders on > >> religious, which an operating system should not be. > > > > exactly. > > > > it's a good idea to tell people about trying FreeBSD if they are already > > using some flavor of unix. > > > > One can be "converted" from Solaris to FreeBSD, from NetBSD to OpenBSD, > > and (sometimes) from linux to FreeBSD. > > > > But not from Windows. > > > I disagree strongly. If someone has the interest and ability (if only to > read docs), they could certainly change from Windows to FreeBSD. The > point from your quoted post appears to be that it is not a religion to > be converted to from anything, rather a tool that some will use if they > want to, or won't. There's nothing wrong with that. > > Depending on what someone is hoping to accomplish, I would certainly > suggest FreeBSD as a suitable tool. It is no sweat off my back if they > use something different though. > > > To the OP if you're still reading; read through the handbook beforehand. > At least, see if it's really what you want to get into. There are > BSD-based desktop systems that may suit you better if you're looking for > a more familiar experience. There are also many "newbie-friendly" Linux > distributions that could suit you also. > > -- new city new thoughts new men please choose the freesoftware to:yeef.cn@gmail.com
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