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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
> 
> 
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