Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:51:49 +0000 From: Xian <ml-freebsd-newbies@codepad.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hello Message-ID: <200503082351.49317.ml-freebsd-newbies@codepad.net> In-Reply-To: <20050308190109.GA17351@skywolf.cdf.toronto.edu> References: <20050308130203.66705.qmail@web53505.mail.yahoo.com> <20050308190109.GA17351@skywolf.cdf.toronto.edu>
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On Tuesday 08 March 2005 19:01, james.cook@utoronto.ca wrote: > 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. I just got fed up of Winbugs (or whatever your favourite name for it is) and wanted something that didn't annoy me so much. One of my friends had a FreeBSD install disk lying around so I borrowed it and loved it. Now it is the only OS I run at home. FreeBSD is a lot of work compared to Winbugs, but its work well spent because I know a lot more about how my computer works now. And generally, once I have made something work, it will work forever more. I would consider myself a newbie as I am still learning very fast. > > 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. That's like what Winbugs does - it hides how it really works and I hated it for that. I like to know whats happening. I guess its good for some people but not me. > > > I will also try other distributions of UNIX like OpenBSD, NetBSD, or > > Solaris 10. I doubt I will unless I am pushed to do so. I very happy with FreeBSD. > > 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. Not at all. Here is some of the most interesting traffic on this list. > > 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 I'm 17 and a student in the UK. I will be studying computing with AI when I get get to university next year. Just my opinion. -- /Xian "To belittle is to be little" Unknown Author
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