From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 20:34:39 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ADD516A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 20:34:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92.asp.att.net [63.240.76.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0262843D3F for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 20:34:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92) with ESMTP id <20050201203434i92004ufj8e>; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 20:34:38 +0000 Message-ID: <41FFE7D6.7040509@nbritton.org> Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:34:30 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041230) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Beastie References: <20050130120113.6619D16A4D8@hub.freebsd.org> <002101c5074c$7862ffb0$0301a8c0@creativity> In-Reply-To: <002101c5074c$7862ffb0$0301a8c0@creativity> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving FreeBSD for Linux - Please Don't Hurt Me X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 20:34:39 -0000 Beastie wrote: > Greetings !!! > > Whilst I may not have been much of a user of these mailing lists, I > have been quite happy with the standards and quality of the > information provided. Indeed, if I can find a life equivalent for > "RTFM", I would use everyday. > > Alas, as the title says, I am leaving FreeBSD for the wonders of > Linux. The reasoning behind this is one of convenience; months ago, I > was alone here in my hometown, playing and tinkering with FreeBSD. > Then the store I am employed at moved me up the ladder to Leading > Salesman (or something like that, effectively, I knew all the front > part of the store - where things are, how much to sell them - so I can > train the freshmeat that walks in). Suddenly, the server started > playing up and it is on Linux (RedHat 7, I believe). Well, despite > being a computer store and despite having three full-time technicians > and one full-time system builder, I was the _ONLY_ one with *nix > skills - of any kind. Me, the salesman. > > In the end, we upgraded the system completely, to Debian (and no, I > wasn't involved) and now, to cut down costs, the boss has politely > asked me to learn more about Linux in general, so that I can help out > in any future problems. So, I overwrote my FreeBSD HDD (*sigh*) and > installed Fedora Core 3 - a nice and easy one to get my feet wet. > Actually, compared to FreeBSD, this Linux is a bit of a walk in the park. I moved to FreeBSD, from Linux, to learn more about Linux, Ironic I know but Linux is now a walk in the park, like you said. The only problem now is having been thoroughly converted into a *BSD advocate. With your sales skills and UNIX know-how could you not just convert them to BSD? do you have any Mac sales / support (you need to have BSD skills to properly support Mac OS-X)?