From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Jan 25 5:25:51 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5668C37B401 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 05:25:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from sydney.lemis.com (dhcp80.trinity.linux.conf.au [130.95.169.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB67343EB2 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 05:25:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com) Received: from sydney.worldwide.lemis.com (grog@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sydney.lemis.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0PDPY4c001669; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:25:34 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from grog@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by sydney.worldwide.lemis.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0PDPXwv001668; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:25:33 +0800 (WST) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:25:33 +0800 From: Greg Lehey To: Scott Emerson Longley Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making the all-important switch Message-ID: <20030125132533.GF1042@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Saturday, 25 January 2003 at 0:27:38 -0500, Scott Emerson Longley wrote: > I'm about ready to ditch Windoze for good and I'm spending what little > free time I can find to prepare by researching FreeBSD. Currently, I run > two OpenBSD servers and use a 3rd OpenBSD system (a laptop) as a portable > terminal. I have 3 years of *nix (OpenBSD, true64, linux) experience, but > only one years experience as an administrator (OpenBSD). My main desktop > system is W2k and I am sick and tired of it. I have decided to replace W2k > with FreeBSD, as it is more suited to desktop use than OpenBSD. Now that > I'm done babbling, here's my question: Interesting question. What makes you think that FreeBSD is more suited to the desktop than OpenBSD? > What major differences will I encounter (post-install) as a new FreeBSD > user/administrator that my OpenBSD experience wouldn't have prepared me > for? It's difficult to quantify what differences you're likely to see. Installation will probably seem easier. You'll find different device names for disks. On the whole, I think the important differences you'll find will be with the "desktop" software you choose, and they'll be differences from Microsoft, not from OpenBSD. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message