From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 24 15:31:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F8BA16A419 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:31:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cfarinella@appropriatesolutions.com) Received: from mail.appropriatesolutions.com (mail.appropriatesolutions.com [63.131.36.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61A4D13C4B6 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:31:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cfarinella@appropriatesolutions.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.corp.appropriatesolutions.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.appropriatesolutions.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 370FC89963 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:15:23 -0400 (EDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=dk_asi_sel; d=appropriatesolutions.com; c=nofws; q=dns; b=LM5IVx8Jo7QyC5uoWpfPadik2gOdJZRmZla4CFrJ4uUTl6hQWdB6hgTEU4K2a0SDB 2T7XZOa9IZ+jwc9D+t7MAGEegjVGvfd5oXMy5bPiRhPAW5AMYfhp+Pi6pfWEXVO2+QK RTqSS1+WLFM5j4j2LZoMb3LFUB/B4xV9VrUVhaY= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at appropriatesolutions.com Received: from mail.appropriatesolutions.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.appropriatesolutions.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id ukBxo0ehZi6m for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:15:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lpc03.corp.appropriatesolutions.com (whiterabbit.appropriatesolutions.com [63.131.36.30]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: cfarinella) by mail.appropriatesolutions.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79ACF89CDB for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:15:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Charlie Farinella Organization: Appropriate Solutions Inc. To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:14:10 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <200710221851.48278.mayank@in.niksun.com> <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <20071023113841.4f1b5750@attila> In-Reply-To: <20071023113841.4f1b5750@attila> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ansi_x3.4-1968" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200710241114.11091.cfarinella@appropriatesolutions.com> Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:31:59 -0000 > On 2007-10-22 Donovan R. Palmer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been using Linux for over 10 years, but have for a number of > > reasons become very interested in learning to use FreeBSD. Are there > > any ex or current Linux users here and could you tell me how hard it > > is to make the shift from Linux? Is there anything in particular > > which has been written which would be useful to read? I have been a Linux user for a long time, but over the last year or so have been using either Open or Free BSD for all the servers I have to set up. It's just so much cleaner. I'm still using Linux (Kubuntu, or Slackware) for my desktop machines, and am wondering if FreeBSD is an option for the desktop. I need to run Audacity for instance, and would like to be able to view audio-video content on the web. Has that been difficult for people to set up? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Charles Farinella Appropriate Solutions, Inc. (www.AppropriateSolutions.com) cfarinella@AppropriateSolutions.com voice: 603.924.6079 fax: 603.924.8668