Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 06:47:34 -0400 From: "DerDrache" <derdrache@electricpincushion.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Success story! Message-ID: <000701c33ef5$04447210$6401a8c0@hhhmark> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20030630121325.02cf6708@pop3.hbg.bonet.se>
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Thanks for the encouragement, its not uncommon for us to get discouraged from time to time when trying to learn a new skill. Have you played with GIMP or any other image manipulation programs that will run in BSD? I'd love to hear any input on such apps. My girlfriend is a Photoshop fiend and I'd love to be able to help her lose her fear of anything non-Windows based. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jalle" <defacto@home.se> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:34 AM Subject: Success story! > Hey! > Since not much is happening on this list (other than messages that should > be addressed to freebsd-questions:) I thougth Id send some encouraging stuff! > > Im a semi-newbie to FreeBSD, and have been using it full-time for a couple > of months now. I've successfully installed and run several applications and > done some other cool stuff, but mostly everyday work. Anything out of the > ordinary has resulted in an hour's googling or asking The List. > > Now Ma & Pa is going on vacation in Europe, and they decided to invest in a > digital camera, a Pentax of some sort, very nice thingamabob. Of course, > the technically talented offspring (me) had to try fiddling around with it > for a while, taking pictures of everything in sight! Very amusing! > > Now, doing stuff like installing new disks, addning new hardware, > configuring devices etc, has always forced me to seek information on the > net, cause I've always been totally clueless! This time, installing (or > connecting rather) the camera on FreeBSD was as simple (?!?) as recompiling > the kernel with an extra device, plugging in, mounting it and copying the > pics from the camera! No sweat! > > Point is: It may seem overwhelming to throw yourself from the safe world of > Windows into the world of FreeBSD (or UNIX/Linux), but it takes you a few > weeks to get out of the Windows-thinking, and then another few to get into > the UNIX... > > Go get yourself a digital camera folks! Not only is it hilarious to take > pictures of your friends embarrass themselves, but you will also get it > working with your beloved FreeBSD without a sweat! > > Maybe this should be in advocacy! =o) > > Keep it up! > > /Jalle > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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