From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 22:19:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C4787FA for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:19:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-x236.google.com (mail-lb0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D96C22776 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:19:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f182.google.com with SMTP id z11so321081lbi.13 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:19:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=QJXtoI0aG+Io6UYQBk5l+Z8IxpXemwIWYNIEQfDGYL8=; b=eSd+eumHubOzKHvYqG2RScRHXbVHnteXKkGmyG5Bdmz/72LZrtZmC6KtHTOOXjd4tE Q/uh5RBCqTHNVt++QKTSFAbHvAYMwMdKji+IJ7jx2rC1Ff3v1Ls1j0u84U6Ql3Lg7PYG XMXExLIU97607Ij1NsFFOrU4+bKcnCEzbKf8Fq/4dtOcSDOUUSHuX+zsxreCTtlo6qss a9oE7NI1GpMPhMwgpbSj2iYRzODdUHCPx8oen+cTTNsUNX3sC0fNnZx2IsLsFfIfrMdw U73JE6FS3Ges1eVX0aBBb3j4uWZiZ5a7LEYWJ9puwcacE/WLJqBqmy2edg+x6Bvn+5Qb CnAQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.154.134 with SMTP id vo6mr737830lbb.92.1407968356779; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:19:16 -0700 (PDT) Sender: crodr001@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.197.107 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:19:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140811221043.492110d4@arch> References: <20140811221043.492110d4@arch> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:19:16 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: pujVO9HnVbb92prJgrkAKFoWyBE Message-ID: Subject: Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg? From: Craig Rodrigues To: Thiago Barroso Perrotta Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-current Current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:19:19 -0000 On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Thiago Barroso Perrotta wrote: > Greetings! > > First of all, hello. I intended to reply to [1], but since I am new to > this mailing list, I found that it would be better to create a > new thread (if any of you know how to reply to a mailman message > without much trouble, I would appreciate to discover it). > > I am the author of the post referred in the previous message (Wordpress > brought me there). I am liking FreeBSD, and I'll probably migrate soon > my current Debian server to it. One of the reasons that I enjoyed > FreeBSD is because it is similar to Arch Linux (my current preferred > Linux distro) in various ways. > > Anyways, I just wanted to indicate this [2] link to you. It is a good > resource comparing different package manager commands. Right now it > does not include FreeBSD's pkg, however I highly encourage you to add > one more column to this table, featuring it. There is no problem that > pkg is not a Linux thing. > > Also, I am interested in the direction the original thread could go. As > a almost-2,5 years Linux user, I could have discovered FreeBSD before. > One of the reasons that I haven't paid much attention to it in the past > was just because I didn't know that it had a large community. I thought > it was small, not much significant. I'm still confused about the > difference between the several BSDs out there (Open, Net, DragonFly, > etc) and the relative size of each community, however at least I can > see it is significant :) > > [1]: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2014-July/051429.html > [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_rosetta Thiago, I really liked the blog articles you wrote: http://thiagoperrotta.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/here-be-dragons-freebsd-overview-part-i/ http://thiagoperrotta.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/here-be-packages-freebsd-overview-part-ii/ and you have very good suggestions. You seem like a very positive person, and are willing to make good suggestions and contributions. We (FreeBSD community) should take your suggestions, because you are a newcomer, so you are seeing things with fresh eyes. I am a bit busy these days, but would you have time to maybe help me write some HOWTO's for FreeBSD, especially things that help people migrate from Linux to FreeBSD? Thanks. -- Craig