From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 8 19:01:10 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 CEE5516A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 19:01:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.cdf.toronto.edu (smtp.cdf.toronto.edu [128.100.31.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4CEEF43D4C for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 19:01:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from c3cookja@cdf.toronto.edu) Received: (qmail 13444 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2005 19:01:09 -0000 Received: from skywolf.cdf.toronto.edu (qmailr@128.100.31.202) by penguin.cdf.toronto.edu with SMTP; 8 Mar 2005 19:01:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 24170 invoked by uid 4952); 8 Mar 2005 19:01:09 -0000 Date: 8 Mar 2005 14:01:09 -0500 Message-ID: <20050308190109.GA17351@skywolf.cdf.toronto.edu> From: james.cook@utoronto.ca To: "Chris" References: <20050308130203.66705.qmail@web53505.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050308130203.66705.qmail@web53505.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hello 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, 08 Mar 2005 19:01:10 -0000 On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 05:02:03AM -0800, Chris wrote: > Hi there > > As you might have guessed i'm a UNIX newbie, especially a FreeBSD newbie. I > recently started to learn FreeBSD UNIX and i must say that it is absolutely > unbelievable. Previously i learned Linux, the accessible solution for > non-Windows operating systems 'till one day when a friend of mine introduced > me to the UNIX universe and from that moment on nothing mattered more than > to learn and understand this collossal OS. Linux seems pretty UNIX-like to me. I used Gentoo before FreeBSD, and the transition wasn't any trouble at all. I guess a lot of Linux distributions are set up so that you don't have to see the UNIX-ness at all... but it's there. > I will also try other distributions of UNIX like OpenBSD, NetBSD, or Solaris > 10. Heh, whenever I get adventurous I start to hatch plans to install unusual operating systems, like the HURD or Plan 9... although I guess you could learn a fair amount by sampling the different unices. I learned a fair bit from the various Linux distros I tried over the years, and I've certainly learned something from my few months with FreeBSD. > I hope i was not boring you with my stories and i would like to stay in > touch with the UNIX community. I rarely see posts to this mailing list that aren't just questions about FreeBSD... and those posts are supposed to go on the -questions list. So thanks for a refreshing change :-) > Bye > Chris > > PS: i'd like to add that i'm from Romania, i'm 23, and i'm a student. Just > so you know. I'm a 19-year-old computer science and math student at the University of Toronto in Canada. Pleased to meet you. - James Cook james.cook@utoronto.ca