From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 27 12:35:52 2004 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 0B6BA16A4CE for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:35:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from server945.gisol.com (server945.gisol.com [207.44.208.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F8DD43D55 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:35:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from webmaster@countrypure.net) Received: from 216-229-72-41-dialup-mo.fidnet.com ([216.229.72.41] helo=countrypure.net) by server945.gisol.com with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AlZv0-0004ih-TM; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:34:43 -0800 Message-ID: <4016CAF6.5020409@countrypure.net> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:32:54 -0600 From: Quintin Riis User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johnson David References: <4.3.2.7.2.20040124165448.01996f18@mail.threespace.com> <4016C41E.5070402@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <4016C41E.5070402@Siemens.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server945.gisol.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - countrypure.net cc: FreeBSD Newbies Subject: Re: The Linux Experiment 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, 27 Jan 2004 20:35:52 -0000 I agree. :( BeOS, OS/2, there's lots of other stuff out there for IA-32. Quintin Johnson David wrote: > Chip Morton wrote: > >> Not FreeBSD related, but an interesting read from the perspective of a >> veteran Windows user turned UNIX newbie. >> >> http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,113746,pg,1,00.asp > > > From the article: > > "I didn't want a Macintosh--for one thing, I didn't want to move to a > new hardware platform. That left me just one other choice: Linux." > > That a PC World editor only know of two operating systems for the x86 > platform is shameful. I could understand the average Joe on the street > thinking that there's only Windows and Linux, but an editor of a major > computer magazine? > > We really need to get the word out that FreeBSD exists. Before we can > get to the point of promoting its features, we need to promote its > existance! > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >