Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:46:44 -0700 From: Summoner <summoner@uswest.net> To: Nate <publisher@laptop.ompages.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A new soldier in the ranks Message-ID: <37929FA4.644C9BA2@uswest.net> References: <37928AFD.DBF9EC5A@uswest.net> <19990718200948.A297@laptop.ompages.com>
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Nate wrote: > Using Win98 is not the same as knowing how to use computers. Too true. Personally I dislike the lack of control Windows 98 allows the user. NT is better, but it too complex for it's own good. I liked the fact that you could really tweak Windows 3.1 and get great performance out of it. I'm thinking FreeBSD will afford me the luxury of control. To quote my friend, "FreeBSD does tweaking like Windows 98 does crashing." FTR, I'm a computer consultant. I don't want to sound like I'm boasting or anything. I build computers and networks for a living, and make an okay living at it. I'm certified MCSE and A+. My company is certified MSP. I've been using PCs since MS-DOS 3.3. I like to think I know how to use a computer, but I'm always finding new things to learn. Things like overclocking are an old concept, but 3D gaming and Celerons have added a context to it that never existed before. > You will find that this is a very exciting learning experience. I was (just this evening) reading through Greg Lehey's, "The Complete FreeBSD". It's still sinking in, but I can see myself spending many hours hacking away at a text console. Part of me is elated to once again have unix at my fingertips. Part of me is shocked at how used I had gotten to the "ease of use" of Windows. I look forward to the challenges running FreeBSD will present me. > If you have trouble learning how to use FreeBSD I'm told RedHat 6.0 > is a good intro to unix-like OSes. To be frank, while I think Linux has quite a few features that I like, not to mention the media-presence to accelerate developement (it can get over-accelerated, though), I don't like Linux as a concept on the whole. These days it seems, to me, that if you say you're a Linux user, people assume things about you that probably aren't true, just like if you say you're gay a lot of people envision "Priscilla Queen of the Desert." I know this is a can of worms I'm kicking here, but I don't like how the GPL forces you to release your source code. It's like saying that if you comment on a movie, you have to explain the reasoning for your comments in a public forum. Along that same line, the BSD license, to me, would be like not having to make an explaination no matter who hears your comments. > Good luck. Thanks, I hope I won't need it. :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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