Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 17:37:37 -0700 From: Ryan <rd64pro@pacbell.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Message-ID: <00053007442102.00224@ryan.pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <20000530144236.4912.qmail@nwcst316.netaddress.usa.net> References: <20000530144236.4912.qmail@nwcst316.netaddress.usa.net>
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Well, welcome aboard Tom! Maybe it's nothing, but I think us FreeBSD users are just downright happier people. We realize we have a great OS on our hands and we're very appreciative (and also very willing to lend a hand to fellow users). Enjoy! Ryan > Linux convert here. I ran Linux for several years. I tried Redhat 5.2, > Redhat 6.0, Mandrake 6.0, and finally Redhat 6.1. I wanted to try Debian, but > they were too slow getting out a release with the 2.2 kernel. My goal was to > give up Windows entirely, but I couldn't because my ppp connection was > unreliable in Linux. > > I started eyeballing FreeBSD about a year ago and really wanted to try it. > The ppp situation in Linux finally made me switch. I spent all day Saturday > installing and configuring 4.0-RELEASE. All went smoothly. I had a little > trouble getting my ppp connection configured, but once up, it ran great. > > My verdict? I love it! Now I'm back where I was with Linux, with my blackbox > window manager and all my favorite dock apps, although I'm taking a serious > look at gkrellm (http://gkrellm.net) as a replacement for those :-). > > I can't wait to get back home to continue tweaking it and do the one thing I > was never able to do with Linux -- get some work done! :-) > > I just wanted to share my story and say that I was happy to be amongst the > freebsd-newbies. See you online. > > Tom Hines > Rockville, MD > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- ################################ Ryan Dirmeyer http://207.212.134.233/~rd64pro ################################ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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