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Date:      Sat, 26 Jun 1999 15:49:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:      matt <matt@AIC-GW.MLINK.NET>
To:        FreeBSD-QUESTIONS <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        FreeBSD-ADVOCACY <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   My story of how I moved to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906261534280.14517-100000@aic-gw.mlink.net>

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	Well, I started out with Linux about 2.5 years ago, I loved it, 
thought it was a nice easy way to learn *nix, but once I started to learn
more and more I realized that Linux just wasn't the right OS for me.. So I
looked into OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, hell even Solaris 7.. My first
choice was OpenBSD 2.4 at the time, I liked it and still do, as a
dedicated server, but it's ports collections and compatibilty was just too
poor as a desktop for my liking.. So I moved onto FreeBSD, ever since
there's been NO looking back, I run several Linux applications now in
FreeBSD that run better then they did in Linux, I feel comfortable with
FreeBSD, it's STABLE as a rock, and handles load and memory terrifically,
I've NEVER gotten the machine to swap (with 256M ram on a 400Mhz Celeron)
not even during a make world to -STABLE, the package handling and ports
tree amazed me, and I guess the whole point of this letter is to say look,
Linux is a nice OS for people new to *nix, it has a nice easy kernel
configuration, though once you get used to the changes from Linux to
FreeBSD kernel wise, it's a breeze, and makes life so much easier in my
opinion, ie; I have a second box with mostly the same hardware, quick copy
of my kernel file and poof, It worked like a charm..

	The documentation for FreeBSD is also TERRIFIC the handbook helped
me out GREATLY in making over the change, as did the FreeBSD mailing lists
something Linux severely lacks, However, FreeBSD lacks the cross-platform
support that it needs, my friend for instance wanted to run it on a
powerpc MAC, but he couldn't, so he decided to use NetBSD instead, it's
something we really need to work on, but ever since I moved to FreeBSD,
I'll never look back again.. Keep up the good work, and lets make FreeBSD
the best it can be.. I guess the point of this email is really just to
credit the coders and helpers and above all, the users of FreeBSD.. I'm
so happy that there is an OS out there that REALLY fits my needs.. BTW,
this is posted to questions@ because there's been some talk about linux
vs. freebsd there.. There is one thing though, we NEED thread-aware
Xlibraries, if such a thing already exists ( I know it does for Linux )
please inform me of where to get it... xmms doesn't like to run without
them.. Take care people.. My apologies if anyone thinks this is a
pointless letter..

Matt

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