Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:48:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> To: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000720094117.17418A-100000@spectre.honk.org> In-Reply-To: <39749BDA.8E6A214B@acuson.com>
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, David Johnson wrote:
>
> FreeBSD has never catered to the newbie crowd, and I doubt it ever will.
> This is a Good Thing.
I wholeheartedly disagree. My very first experience with Unix was to put
the 2.2.5-Release boot disk into a spare 486 and start installing FreeBSD
using FTP over a 28.8 modem.
It was a long and steep learning curve, but if someone is determined to
learn Unix, I could not recommend a better OS than FreeBSD.
The resources are there, they are free, and they make a hell of a lot more
sense than the $100/hr "support" that you get with NT. ("It doesn't work?
Reinstall. That'll be $100 please.")
M
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