Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 22:05:53 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view Message-ID: <003b01bff49e$5d0741b0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> References: <000b01bff0cb$f90fe8e0$57e17ad1@beefstew>
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If you are happy with NT you'll be ecstatic with 2000 ... at least apart from its horrendous appetite for RAM. I agree with your point on the documentation issue though. There's no shortage of intelligible NT / 2000 stuff but apart from the handbook & Greg Lehey's publication there's precious little else at newbie level for FreeBSD. Apart from the docs, I'm very impressed with the performance of the bunch of CLI FreeBSD boxes I'm responsible for ... the things just keep running with nary a problem. I can't say the same for FreeBSD as a workstation though ...... all the window managers I've messed around with are extremely poxy compared with the excellent Solaris CDE. I did track down a site which offers what appears to be the genuine CDE for FreeBSD but haven't had the time to look closely .... for non commercial use its much easier to stick with Solaris and not have to bother with linux apps .. if the commercial CDE is the "real thing" though & linux apps like StarOffice / Oracle / etc function properly I would think FreeBSD could well be a viable alternative to Windows in many commercial situations. ----- Original Message ----- From: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 1:22 AM Subject: new books, changing my pt. of view > Isn't anybody worried that the new O'Reilly books in the making will leave > the newbie w/the short end of the stick paper documentation-wise? Imo, this > is the current state of affairs. > > wait a second, > > But upon refection, I have been realizing that I am DIRECTLY comparing WinNT > and FreeBSD and I now think it's apples vs. oranges. A fairer comparison is > FreeBSD WITH KDE vs. WinNT. > > I know I'll be publicly flogged for saying this but NT is easier to learn > and is apparently an easier OS to document for the newbie ( by is very > nature and culture ) than Unix a.k.a. FreeBSD. I am primarily talking about > CLIENTS - yeah I think NT workstation is a good client. Kneejerks that it > crashes is not true Imo. > > But, I'm immature: > > I think I should get w/the program and start thinking of FreeBSD as a server > and NOT continue trying to configure and learning it as an ultra-stable > ( x ) windows client machine - cause I'm in that "mode" and I saw the > "answer" months ago - KDE w/all the bells and whistles - truly amazing. > > so, x windows works, I can use Netscape if I have to. I think I have to > explore the "core" of FreeBSD - as the ultimate internet server OS vs. > client. Whatdya think? > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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