From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 10 02:12:47 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B9C016A419 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:12:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mario.lobo@ipad.com.br) Received: from recife.ipad.com.br (recife.ipadnet.com.br [200.249.204.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C5C13C458 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:12:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mario.lobo@ipad.com.br) Received: from lobo.ipad.com.br ([192.168.64.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by recife.ipad.com.br (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id l7A2ChTi011182 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 23:12:43 -0300 From: Mario Lobo Organization: IPAD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:12:42 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: X-Face: "j9,S@~?m[/.]/lb=?utf-8?q?S=5D=2EI=0A=09ITlWP=3A-?=" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200708100212.43159.mario.lobo@ipad.com.br> Subject: Re: Convince me, please! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:12:47 -0000 On Friday 10 August 2007 00:29, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 08/08/07, Latitude wrote: > > I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have > > to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows > > users of how easy the switch may be. Short answer: If windows did not convince you yet, you re not ready to be here. I think no one on this list will try to do that because I beleive all of them convinced themselves that they had to do something, to take the first step (and risks) on the steep learning curve, and jump into the books. If you want to break free of that never-ending cycle of windowsupgrade/hadwareupgrade/windowsupgrade/hwupgrade (and on and on.... not to mention the dark corners they put out on EVERY new version of it), then Free is the name to run to. But please dont be scared of the work involved. The sensation afterwards is tenfold !! Ie been using FreeBSD since 2.2.8. FreeBSD is going version 7.0 (soon) and compared to most of these guys here, I consider myself a rookey. And I can prety much say that most of them will read your questions and an answer will come from, AT very LEAST, one. The tone may vary according to the FreeBSDer personality, BUT WE WILL HELP YOU. The one and only condition is that you must be walking the path already. We are all in the pool in our shorts, wet,swimming, getting tired sometimes but having FUN, and you are outside, all dressed up in a suit, asking us if you should jump in, if the water is cold, if you will die !! Come on !! take a chance !! you wont beleive the water !! good luck and best wishes -- ********************************************************** //| //| Mario Lobo // |// | http://www.ipad.com.br // // ||||||| FreeBSD since 2.2.8 - 100% Rwindows-free **********************************************************