Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:41:10 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>, 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: <4D9243E6.1020105@FreeBSD.org> 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 03/29/2011 13:20, Adam Vande More 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-browser >>> 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? Paul, this is a good example of the kind of vitriol that isn't really helpful. Please tone it down. To address the content of your concern, I've been using flash on FreeBSD for a long time. It's gone through phases where it's been easier, harder, more and less successful. At the moment it's working pretty well, but I agree with you that it's not an ideal situation. However regarding the documentation, the URL that was posted has been stable for a long time ("years," can't tell you exactly how many). However, like a lot of other topics there is stale documentation outside of FreeBSD, and other generally bad advice that gets passed around from user to user. That's a difficult problem for us to address directly. >> Comparing Ubuntu and FreeBSD is a false choice Yes, that's sort of my point. :) Ubuntu is literally in a class by itself in terms of both the OOB and long-term use experiences. So if all you want is a Unix'y desktop OS (and you can't afford/don't want a mac), use it, and be happy. If you have other goals (such as learning Unix internals generally, or a specific OS) then you have other areas you can focus on, such as FreeBSD. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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