From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 18:57:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2822A1065670; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:57:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A348FC12; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:57:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so601717fxm.13 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:57:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=dyvQw1UiPhgpV7MsUI9U7DEGT9URP1sujFF3fdHIMoo=; b=n8KKKqcdZfPAbm0aqHVqbXR1tkqvnTHYs31v3EF70aVYzTqtAaaA7lTpuYGEILrNrj 6uNiw2KXhZCp8quDPR6LORQ96JtmpS8BQTe+af+hdL1pRy/sjs06vkp9JhPh1HiZylpI vcgEMASsRrF9x1yYq/OGEfk1FtijwMpbq5dv8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=o/onVIn6xbgO8kmDv6wHZM4Oa6spCCkz4nzWJKyaQs3lZ5quvmc5uehKrvVUBZYhsu yiHLmQLvNmn/lDVqKX28H6N+LRWvGaBtgh2zXrIa0LBPzjfSdkGX5Bci/bT0bqkWfSUz 1J+pLbIuzG5vkOPX+32F7X67S5u9m1H3JPkso= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.67.210 with SMTP id s18mr205095fai.41.1301425071304; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:57:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.101.208 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:57:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4D9223DB.7010701@FreeBSD.org> References: <20110329013223.ddca7453.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> <1301419646.71335.123.camel@xenon> <4D9223DB.7010701@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:57:51 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Andriy Gapon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Matthew Fleming Subject: Re: Best way to switch from Linux to BSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:57:53 -0000 On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Andriy Gapon wrote: > Strange. I followed some instructions that I googled up and it was like > "install > these two ports and run that command" and everything worked. And still > does :) > > (I think that it was www/linux-f10-flashplugin10, www/nspluginwrapper and > running > nspluginwrapper -v -i > /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so > as a user for which I enabled the plugin). > Ditto, flash has usable for years via the linux plugin. It's not perfect and those stalls are really annoying, but then again flash doesn't work perfectly on my Windows XP VM either. I've used FreeBSD as desktop and server install for years, and it's been good. I do everything I'd do on a commercial OS. My policy is if a friend or family calls me for support, the third time I have to go to their place and find malware I move them to FreeBSD. I don't have to travel so much anymore but I still get the occasional thing like /tmp being full. Now it's easy though because ssh still works quite well over a slow DSL link. Whatever your desktop system runs, there is a certain overhead to learn and maintain it. Maybe FreeBSD is a little higher than others, but the for me the net gain is worth it. I don't have the brain capacity to learn the ins and outs of every Linux distro that exists, and all the major ones I'm familiar with have flaws I'd rather not adopt. To come back to the original thread question: You were basically scolded a week or two ago because you continued to ask rudimentary questions that are covered by the handbook. You disregarded that advice, but I'll try again. RTFM. If you would bother to actually read stuff before asking questions, many of those questions would not exist. IMO, FreeBSD documentation is one of it's biggest advantages. If you're not going to utilize it what is the point in adopting the OS? I think a entry on people who are obsessed with collecting OS's warrants an entry in the DSM IV. -- Adam Vande More