Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:39:59 -0500 (CDT) From: burningclown@burningclown.com To: Frank Heitmann <fh31415@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: there must be a better way Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209271531001.22687-100000@westhost43.westhost.net> In-Reply-To: <20020927214458.A266@host1.myhost.mydomain>
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I'd like to add to this. I used Windows exclusively (with some sidetrips since I was married to a rabid Mac user) from about 1994 to 1999, when I launched into Slackware Linux (later other distros but I have since returned to Slackware). I first tried FreeBSD around late 2000 or so, and have never been sorry. The great difference in my experience has been that, while I may have encountered some hills and challenges in my use/adoption of Linux and FreeBSD, using them taught me a great deal about computers and the way they work. Indeed, these systems actively encourage learning ... and I have always agreed with ol' Aristotle that "to learn gives the liveliest pleasure." Windows, on the other hand, never taught me anything but the occasional frustration of crashes and system hogging. I recognize the fact that it can do its job of giving the user a pretty good desktop. But the system did not encourage me to poke into its guts, because those guts were proprietary and closed. For me (and I fully recognize that experiences differ) Linux and FreeBSD made computing fun, and opened its possibilities in a way that Windows never did. But I don't think it was intended to do that. Best, Glenn Becker On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Frank Heitmann wrote: > > > Did you never consider that FreeBSD is a server system? > I use it as a desktop system, I hope that's also ok :) > > And to the original poster: I have used Windows all my life > (ok, it's not that long, because I have just become 22, but > in computer-years it's a lot :) and have just started to > use FreeBSD two month ago, and I won't deny if someone says > it's hard to learn (Unix in general), but if you spend a > lot of time reading and learning and practising then you > will notice what a great system it is. > Also as a desktop system :) > > Cheers, > Frank > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- +---------------------+ This is not a signature +---------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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