From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 21 10:58:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81D3016A41F for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:58:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adamnealis@yahoo.co.uk) Received: from smtp110.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp110.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.206.243]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D2C6643D45 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:58:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adamnealis@yahoo.co.uk) Received: (qmail 89855 invoked from network); 21 Jan 2006 10:58:46 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.uk; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Accept-Language:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=aaHaAFJ9rtECYketMYyrjdgGmcOyipVKqsU7pOvB9s87J3SE63FQmQnK3EtP2nudaprXwEKf6Uh9ACj0Ku4xfcNAnNrlR8CLyg1DgZfkaWeELVXMQ5/q9WNaD2wM9Q3GyTP9BSudolVmctC1/raxj2FQHEpwnfyIadzh7YsA6ys= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.2?) (adamnealis@84.13.2.254 with plain) by smtp110.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Jan 2006 10:58:45 -0000 Message-ID: <43D213DE.6080604@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:58:38 +0000 From: Adam Nealis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20060114) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Graham Bentley , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: adamnealis@yahoo.co.uk List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:58:47 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Adam Nealis [mailto:adamnealis@yahoo.co.uk] >>Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:13 AM >>To: Ted Mittelstaedt; Graham Bentley; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>Subject: RE: FreeBSD vs Linux >> >> >>--- Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> >> >>>What do you say to the people who want to do some research before >>>putting the time into installing it? >> >>I would suggest going to http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html and >>reading the >>FAQ (especially section 1) and the handbook for a start. This >>should give >>you an idea of the approach and the level of technical awareness you >>will need. >> >>The community and support sections should help you get a feel >>for how the >>OS is actually received. >> > > > And if you have questions that aren't answered there, what then? Then come to this list, or approach some other forum that looks like it might be able to help. > I am pointing this out because the process of asking questions on > the mailing list is a legitimate means of research. Not everyone I agree. > wants to just spend the time installing it and then deciding if they > like it. Some want to do some research first, and that involves > asking questions on the mailing list. Framing the question as a > "is freebsd better than linux" kind of question is perfectly legitimate. I disagree with that. The guidelines for using this list recommend searching it first for answers. As you probably know, a fairly standard guideline in internet mailing lists is for newcomers to "lurk". I have seen the subject of this thread many, many times. It is reasonably assumed that responsible internet users know to read the guidelines first. The idea is to both reduce repetition of questions, and to help the newcomer/ lurker to determine if this question has already been answered to their satisfaction faster than by posting to the list. > If we as the FreeBSD community cannot answer that question, then why > are we wasting our time with it? The question is too general. There are too many answers. It depends on context and depends on what one views as "better". It is very _subjective_. Adam. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com