From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Jan 25 7:54:49 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 01D1837B405 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 07:54:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.WPI.EDU (mail1.WPI.EDU [130.215.36.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A049E43EB2 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 07:54:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from emerson@WPI.EDU) Received: from mcafee.wpi.edu (mcafee.WPI.EDU [130.215.36.86]) by mail1.WPI.EDU (8.12.7/8.12.7) with SMTP id h0PFsjK4031254 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:54:45 -0500 Received: from smtp.wpi.edu(130.215.36.186) by mcafee.wpi.edu via csmap id 22924; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:55:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from emdall.WPI.EDU (root@emdall.WPI.EDU [130.215.36.206]) by smtp.WPI.EDU (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h0PFsiJB001501; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:54:44 -0500 Received: from emdall.WPI.EDU (emerson@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by emdall.WPI.EDU (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0PFsioG014305; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:54:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (emerson@localhost) by emdall.WPI.EDU (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h0PFshLH018883; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:54:43 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: emdall.WPI.EDU: emerson owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 10:54:43 -0500 (EST) From: Scott Emerson Longley To: "Jon M. Ernster" Cc: Greg Lehey , Subject: Re: Making the all-important switch In-Reply-To: <1043507676.895.24.camel@majorly> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 25 Jan 2003, Jon M. Ernster wrote: > On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 06:25, Greg Lehey wrote: > > 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? > > I think there's a difference in ease of use in general; ports - they're > divided up into more general directories in FreeBSD as for OpenBSD has a > bunch of ports shoved into directories. With FreeBSD you know you're > running the most current ports (If you aren't, something may not work > and that's the first thing you should check.) I run FreeBSD on the > laptop I type this out on, where as my router runs OpenBSD and I don't > think I'd run OpenBSD for anything else. Choosing the right OS for a computer with a specific use is like choosing the right tool for the job; it's essential. > > > > > 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. > > I've never ran X in OpenBSD but I don't imagine it'd be a whole lot > different than FreeBSD other than ease of use, less likeliness running > into port problems, etc. > > > > 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 The fact that people aren't coming up with a whole lot of differences that will give me a surprise later is encouraging. Thanks, people. -Scott Longley To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message