Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:29:55 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Best way to switch from Linux to BSD Message-ID: <7009D44E51FB261CF95E6EB6@utd71538.local> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik1vHWrG7OhF9eGhFDd6pQ%2Boqr4D_TG7=YOsnm9@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110329013223.ddca7453.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> <BBACD46824C753B5B2F3BD83@utd71538.local> <1301419646.71335.123.camel@xenon> <87B0CCF2B38381F29EE67BA4@utd71538.local> <AANLkTik9bs8WnBvRYsX6z-gzy-J30dB=Cje2jH1-rNSn@mail.gmail.com> <4351D0CD39E5FC00C9A55C6C@utd71538.local> <AANLkTik1vHWrG7OhF9eGhFDd6pQ%2Boqr4D_TG7=YOsnm9@mail.gmail.com>
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--On March 29, 2011 3:20:48 PM -0500 Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Paul Schmehl > <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>wrote: > >> Or just follow the instructions. If people really find that difficult >>> I'm not sure any OS is going to be the answer long term. If you do >>> enough computer use you'll have to follow instructions at some point. >>> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-brows >>> er s.html >>> >>> Imagine that. And yet you can find numerous posts in questions from >> people who struggle with it. Must be stupid people then, huh? > > > I'll let you answer that. > Your response, more than any other single thing written, perfectly encapsulates what is "wrong" with the FreeBSD community. Can't make it work? Gee, you must be dumb. It's working for me. In response to the rest, I will simply recommend that you read Mehmet Erol Sanliturk's eloquent explanation. If you don't get what the problem is then, you're not going to, and Mehmet said it much better than I. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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