Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:30:33 -0600 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <zen@buddhist.com> To: <unknown@riverstyx.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD: The Storage Wars Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990326093033.00919230@mail.bfm.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9903252108070.5097-100000@hades.riverstyx.ne t> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990325194449.25025G-100000@dsinw.com>
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At 21:14 25-03-1999 -0800, unknown@riverstyx.net wrote: >I personally only use FreeBSD as a hobby machine. I'd like to use it in >production but I haven't got enough FreeBSD knowledge to do that right >now. I still can't find any documentation for changes I should make to >the configuration/kernel/etc when I want to really push a FreeBSD >machine... I share your sentiments, Unknown of River Styx. To me FreeBSD is largely a big intellectual excercise. A powerful OS to which I dedicate 8 Gig of disk space, while I only dedicate 3 Gig to Windows. But when I actually want to accomplish something, I have no choice but to boot Windows. Not because I like it but because I know how to use it. And when I don't, I can always figure it out. Under FreeBSD (and, I suppose Unix in general), the solution is no doubt available and probably more powerful, but it always requires me to use some cryptically named command. Man pages are of little help to me: First of all, I would need to know the name of the command to even get to the man page. And even when I do, it seems the man page is always written in some foreign language that only outwardly resembles English. Apropos usually does not help me much either. Just days ago I have installed XFree86 3.3.3.1. Its interface is reminiscent of Windows 1.0, and it locks up my system either immediately or in a few minutes (mouse cursor disappears, ctl-alt-backspace does not work), and the only way out is by turning the system off, ouch). No doubt there is a simple fix, if I only knew what it was. :-) (I kinda suspect that I need more RAM, I only have 8 Meg, although that is supposed to be enough.) Despite all of that, I am sticking with FreeBSD. Some day, I'll learn how to use it. :-) It is a very steep learning curve, though! Not that this has anything to do with the subject line. I suspect the other OS mentioned there would be even harder for me to learn. Maybe I'm just getting old (will turn 49 next month). Computers were so much simpler when I was 15! <big grin> Adam --- Want to design your own web counter? Get GCL 2.10 from http://www.whizkidtech.net/gcl/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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